About block 949,678
Bitcoin block 949,678 was mined by SECPOOL on May 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 7 min 42 s after block 949,677. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,064 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 949,678 is number 143 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,873 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,322 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 25,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.