About block 948,987
Bitcoin block 948,987 was mined by AntPool on May 11, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTC, 5 min 41 s after block 948,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,992 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 948,987 is number 1,468 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 548 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,013 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 26,880 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.