About block 949,642
Bitcoin block 949,642 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM UTC, 8 min 38 s after block 949,641. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,178 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 949,642 is number 107 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,909 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,358 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 26,032 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.