About block 949,726
Bitcoin block 949,726 was mined by F2Pool on May 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM UTC, 2 min 10 s after block 949,725. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,866 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 949,726 is number 191 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,825 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,274 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,943 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.