About block 949,053
Bitcoin block 949,053 was mined by F2Pool on May 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 1 min 2 s after block 949,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,004 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0053 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1303 BTC for this block.
Block 949,053 is number 1,534 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 482 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,947 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,668 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.