About block 948,864
Bitcoin block 948,864 was mined by Foundry USA on May 11, 2026 at 2:09 AM UTC, 15 min 44 s after block 948,863. 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 2,712 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 948,864 is number 1,345 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 671 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,136 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. Foundry USA found 247 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 27,022 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.