About block 948,848
Bitcoin block 948,848 was mined by Foundry USA on May 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM UTC, 7 min 44 s after block 948,847. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,712 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 948,848 is number 1,329 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 687 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,152 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. Foundry USA found 249 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.