About block 949,001
Bitcoin block 949,001 was mined by F2Pool on May 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 6 min 10 s after block 949,000. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,347 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 949,001 is number 1,482 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 534 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,999 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. F2Pool found 159 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,863 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.