About block 949,251
Bitcoin block 949,251 was mined by MARA Pool on May 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 949,250. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,959 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 949,251 is number 1,732 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 284 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,749 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 26,455 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.