About block 948,701
Bitcoin block 948,701 was mined by Luxor on May 10, 2026 at 1:27 AM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 948,700. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,942 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 948,701 is number 1,182 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 834 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,299 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 27,206 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.