About block 949,570
Bitcoin block 949,570 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 15, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC, 8 min 10 s after block 949,569. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,816 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 949,570 is number 35 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,981 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,430 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,112 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.