About block 949,114
Bitcoin block 949,114 was mined by MARA Pool on May 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM UTC, 11 min 8 s after block 949,113. 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 3,284 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 949,114 is number 1,595 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 421 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,886 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 26,604 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.