About block 948,969
Bitcoin block 948,969 was mined by WhitePool on May 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 948,968. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,996 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 948,969 is number 1,450 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 566 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,031 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,902 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.