About block 949,061
Bitcoin block 949,061 was mined by MARA Pool on May 12, 2026 at 10:44 AM UTC, 16 min 35 s after block 949,060. 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 3,821 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0438 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1688 BTC for this block.
Block 949,061 is number 1,542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,939 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. MARA Pool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,660 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.