About block 949,549
Bitcoin block 949,549 was mined by MARA Pool on May 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM UTC, 9 min 42 s after block 949,548. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,962 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0454 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1704 BTC for this block.
Block 949,549 is number 14 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 2,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,451 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 26,136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.