About block 949,046
Bitcoin block 949,046 was mined by SECPOOL on May 12, 2026 at 7:37 AM UTC, 8 min 28 s after block 949,045. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,627 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 949,046 is number 1,527 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 489 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,954 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,675 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.