About block 949,173
Bitcoin block 949,173 was mined by F2Pool on May 13, 2026 at 5:24 AM UTC, 2 min 5 s after block 949,172. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,655 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% 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 0.0075 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1325 BTC for this block.
Block 949,173 is number 1,654 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 362 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,827 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,539 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.