About block 949,296
Bitcoin block 949,296 was mined by Luxor on May 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM UTC, 2 min 53 s after block 949,295. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,094 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 949,296 is number 1,777 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 239 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,704 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. Luxor found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,408 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.