About block 949,578
Bitcoin block 949,578 was mined by SECPOOL on May 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 949,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,350 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 949,578 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,422 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,103 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.