About block 949,580
Bitcoin block 949,580 was mined by Luxor on May 16, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC, 6 min 47 s after block 949,579. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,206 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% 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 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 949,580 is number 45 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,420 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. Luxor found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,101 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.