About block 949,396
Bitcoin block 949,396 was mined by MARA Pool on May 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM UTC, 9 min 5 s after block 949,395. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,063 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 949,396 is number 1,877 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 139 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,604 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,301 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.