About block 949,140
Bitcoin block 949,140 was mined by ViaBTC on May 12, 2026 at 11:25 PM UTC, 13 min 7 s after block 949,139. 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 5,276 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 949,140 is number 1,621 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 395 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,860 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,574 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.