About block 949,398
Bitcoin block 949,398 was mined by ViaBTC on May 14, 2026 at 5:24 PM UTC, 8 min 47 s after block 949,397. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,271 transactions in 1.10 MB (67.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 949,398 is number 1,879 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 137 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,602 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 26,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.