About block 949,573
Bitcoin block 949,573 was mined by F2Pool on May 15, 2026 at 10:40 PM UTC, 4 min 22 s after block 949,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,774 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 949,573 is number 38 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,978 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,427 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,108 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.