About block 949,514
Bitcoin block 949,514 was mined by ViaBTC on May 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC, 13 min 31 s after block 949,513. 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 3,381 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 949,514 is number 1,995 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 21 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,486 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,176 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.