About block 949,672
Bitcoin block 949,672 was mined by TrustPool on May 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 11 min 57 s after block 949,671. 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 4,063 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, TrustPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 949,672 is number 137 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,879 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,328 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. TrustPool found 5 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,000 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.