About block 948,316
Bitcoin block 948,316 was mined by Luxor on May 7, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC, 5 min 48 s after block 948,315. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,422 transactions in 2.01 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 948,316 is number 797 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 1,219 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,684 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. Luxor found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,635 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.