About block 948,992
Bitcoin block 948,992 was mined by AntPool on May 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 948,991. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,076 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 948,992 is number 1,473 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 543 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,008 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,875 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.