About block 949,101
Bitcoin block 949,101 was mined by SECPOOL on May 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 7 min 21 s after block 949,100. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,871 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% 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 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 949,101 is number 1,582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,899 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 26,617 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.