About block 949,519
Bitcoin block 949,519 was mined by ViaBTC on May 15, 2026 at 1:25 PM UTC, 13 min 52 s after block 949,518. 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 3,511 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 949,519 is number 2,000 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 16 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,481 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 26,171 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.