About block 949,049
Bitcoin block 949,049 was mined by F2Pool on May 12, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 1 min 34 s after block 949,048. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,939 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 949,049 is number 1,530 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 486 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,951 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 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,672 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.