About block 949,673
Bitcoin block 949,673 was mined by SBI Crypto on May 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC, 6 min 49 s after block 949,672. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,109 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 949,673 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,327 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. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,999 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.