About block 949,638
Bitcoin block 949,638 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 10:15 AM UTC, 10 min 56 s after block 949,637. 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 3,171 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 949,638 is number 103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,362 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. SECPOOL found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,036 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.