About block 949,342
Bitcoin block 949,342 was mined by ViaBTC on May 14, 2026 at 8:51 AM UTC, 9 min 36 s after block 949,341. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,077 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% 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 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 949,342 is number 1,823 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 193 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,658 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,359 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.