About block 949,409
Bitcoin block 949,409 was mined by WhitePool on May 14, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC, 15 min 11 s after block 949,408. 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 3,752 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0488 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1738 BTC for this block.
Block 949,409 is number 1,890 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 126 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,591 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,287 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.