About block 949,606
Bitcoin block 949,606 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 5:13 AM UTC, 12 min 24 s after block 949,605. 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 3,235 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 949,606 is number 71 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,945 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,394 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.