About block 949,697
Bitcoin block 949,697 was mined by MARA Pool on May 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM UTC, 9 min 33 s after block 949,696. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,347 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 949,697 is number 162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,303 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,973 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.