About block 949,593
Bitcoin block 949,593 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 2:31 AM UTC, 6 min 57 s after block 949,592. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,275 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 949,593 is number 58 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,407 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,087 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.