About block 949,197
Bitcoin block 949,197 was mined by Luxor on May 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM UTC, 3 min 31 s after block 949,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,644 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 949,197 is number 1,678 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 338 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,803 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. Luxor found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,513 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.