About block 949,634
Bitcoin block 949,634 was mined by ViaBTC on May 16, 2026 at 8:53 AM UTC, 12 min 14 s after block 949,633. 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 5,084 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 949,634 is number 99 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,917 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,366 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.