About block 949,631
Bitcoin block 949,631 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM UTC, 34 min 16 s after block 949,630. 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 4,515 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 949,631 is number 96 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,920 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,369 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,046 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.