About block 949,042
Bitcoin block 949,042 was mined by F2Pool on May 12, 2026 at 6:59 AM UTC, 11 min 37 s after block 949,041. 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 5,378 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% 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 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 949,042 is number 1,523 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 493 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,958 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,680 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.