About block 949,486
Bitcoin block 949,486 was mined by SBI Crypto on May 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM UTC, 11 min 4 s after block 949,485. 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 2,403 transactions in 1.26 MB (79.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 949,486 is number 1,967 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 49 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,514 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,207 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.