About block 948,981
Bitcoin block 948,981 was mined by F2Pool on May 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM UTC, 10 min 11 s after block 948,980. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,128 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 948,981 is number 1,462 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 554 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,019 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 26,890 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.