About block 949,179
Bitcoin block 949,179 was mined by F2Pool on May 13, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC, 19 min 51 s after block 949,178. 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 3,266 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 949,179 is number 1,660 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 356 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,821 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 26,532 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.