About block 949,021
Bitcoin block 949,021 was mined by F2Pool on May 12, 2026 at 2:18 AM UTC, 22 min 29 s after block 949,020. 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 3,254 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0261 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1511 BTC for this block.
Block 949,021 is number 1,502 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 514 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,979 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 26,842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.