About block 949,657
Bitcoin block 949,657 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 12:35 PM UTC, 1 min 6 s after block 949,656. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,396 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 949,657 is number 122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,343 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,015 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.