About block 949,603
Bitcoin block 949,603 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 4:33 AM UTC, 14 min 32 s after block 949,602. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,533 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 949,603 is number 68 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,397 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 26,077 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.