About block 949,671
Bitcoin block 949,671 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 19 min 46 s after block 949,670. 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 3,436 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0466 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1716 BTC for this block.
Block 949,671 is number 136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,329 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.