About block 949,577
Bitcoin block 949,577 was mined by F2Pool on May 15, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC, 1 min 1 s after block 949,576. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,753 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 949,577 is number 42 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,974 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,423 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,104 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.