About block 949,178
Bitcoin block 949,178 was mined by F2Pool on May 13, 2026 at 5:58 AM UTC, 15 min 19 s after block 949,177. 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 4,789 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 949,178 is number 1,659 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 357 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,822 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,533 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.