About block 949,205
Bitcoin block 949,205 was mined by MARA Pool on May 13, 2026 at 11:32 AM UTC, 30 min 58 s after block 949,204. 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 4,085 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0419 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1669 BTC for this block.
Block 949,205 is number 1,686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,795 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,504 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.