About block 949,153
Bitcoin block 949,153 was mined by SECPOOL on May 13, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 949,152. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,881 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 949,153 is number 1,634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,847 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,561 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.