About block 949,435
Bitcoin block 949,435 was mined by OCEAN on May 15, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC, 7 min 58 s after block 949,434. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,487 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 949,435 is number 1,916 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 100 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,565 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. OCEAN found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,260 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.