About block 948,997
Bitcoin block 948,997 was mined by F2Pool on May 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 948,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,025 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 948,997 is number 1,478 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 538 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,003 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 159 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,867 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.