About block 948,977
Bitcoin block 948,977 was mined by AntPool on May 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 7 min 54 s after block 948,976. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,497 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 948,977 is number 1,458 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 558 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,023 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,894 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.