About block 949,530
Bitcoin block 949,530 was mined by ViaBTC on May 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 949,529. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,176 transactions in 1.11 MB (69.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 949,530 is number 2,011 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 5 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,470 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 26,158 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.