About block 948,982
Bitcoin block 948,982 was mined by SECPOOL on May 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM UTC, 40 seconds after block 948,981. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,126 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0036 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1286 BTC for this block.
Block 948,982 is number 1,463 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 553 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,018 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,889 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.