About block 949,237
Bitcoin block 949,237 was mined by MARA Pool on May 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 949,236. 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 3,619 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 949,237 is number 1,718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,763 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 26,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.