About block 948,973
Bitcoin block 948,973 was mined by Luxor on May 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC, 6 min 35 s after block 948,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,198 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 948,973 is number 1,454 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 562 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 101,027 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,898 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.