About block 949,467
Bitcoin block 949,467 was mined by MARA Pool on May 15, 2026 at 4:58 AM UTC, 5 min 36 s after block 949,466. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,365 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 949,467 is number 1,948 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 68 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,533 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,226 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.