About block 949,431
Bitcoin block 949,431 was mined by F2Pool on May 14, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC, 4 min 41 s after block 949,430. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,394 transactions in 1.37 MB (99.9% 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 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 949,431 is number 1,912 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 104 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,569 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,264 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.