About block 949,118
Bitcoin block 949,118 was mined by F2Pool on May 12, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC, 19 min 10 s after block 949,117. 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 3,884 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0377 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1627 BTC for this block.
Block 949,118 is number 1,599 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 417 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,882 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 26,600 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.