About block 949,224
Bitcoin block 949,224 was mined by Luxor on May 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM UTC, 2 min 7 s after block 949,223. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,902 transactions in 1.96 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 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 949,224 is number 1,705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,776 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. Luxor found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,483 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.