About block 949,558
Bitcoin block 949,558 was mined by SECPOOL on May 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC, 32 min 46 s after block 949,557. 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 4,161 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0637 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1887 BTC for this block.
Block 949,558 is number 23 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,993 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,442 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,127 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.