About block 948,638
Bitcoin block 948,638 was mined by Luxor on May 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC, 14 min 10 s after block 948,637. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,955 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0845 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.2095 BTC for this block.
Block 948,638 is number 1,119 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 897 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,362 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. Luxor found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,280 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.