About block 949,253
Bitcoin block 949,253 was mined by F2Pool on May 13, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC, 8 seconds after block 949,252. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,245 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 949,253 is number 1,734 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 282 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,747 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,453 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.