About block 949,008
Bitcoin block 949,008 was mined by Binance Pool on May 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC, 11 min 24 s after block 949,007. 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 4,280 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 949,008 is number 1,489 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 527 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,992 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. Binance Pool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,855 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.