About block 949,661
Bitcoin block 949,661 was mined by Binance Pool on May 16, 2026 at 12:49 PM UTC, 4 min 3 s after block 949,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,168 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0075 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1325 BTC for this block.
Block 949,661 is number 126 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,890 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,339 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,011 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.