About block 949,637
Bitcoin block 949,637 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC, 12 min 5 s after block 949,636. 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 4,052 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 949,637 is number 102 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,914 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,363 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 26,037 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.