About block 949,700
Bitcoin block 949,700 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 949,699. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,883 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0053 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1303 BTC for this block.
Block 949,700 is number 165 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,851 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,300 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,970 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.