About block 949,119
Bitcoin block 949,119 was mined by MARA Pool on May 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC, 8 min 6 s after block 949,118. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,562 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 949,119 is number 1,600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,881 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. MARA Pool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,599 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.