About block 949,640
Bitcoin block 949,640 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 10:26 AM UTC, 8 min 36 s after block 949,639. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,297 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 949,640 is number 105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,360 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,034 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.