About block 949,004
Bitcoin block 949,004 was mined by MARA Pool on May 11, 2026 at 10:09 PM UTC, 8 min 19 s after block 949,003. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,815 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% 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 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 949,004 is number 1,485 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 531 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,996 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.