About block 948,978
Bitcoin block 948,978 was mined by F2Pool on May 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 10 seconds after block 948,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,078 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0040 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1290 BTC for this block.
Block 948,978 is number 1,459 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 557 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,022 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,893 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.