About block 949,394
Bitcoin block 949,394 was mined by MARA Pool on May 14, 2026 at 5:03 PM UTC, 18 min 24 s after block 949,393. 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 3,654 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 949,394 is number 1,875 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 141 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,606 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,303 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.