About block 949,250
Bitcoin block 949,250 was mined by SECPOOL on May 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC, 23 min 52 s after block 949,249. 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 4,188 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 949,250 is number 1,731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,750 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,456 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.