About block 949,228
Bitcoin block 949,228 was mined by MARA Pool on May 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 2 min 38 s after block 949,227. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,886 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 949,228 is number 1,709 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 307 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,772 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. MARA Pool found 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,479 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.