About block 949,737
Bitcoin block 949,737 was mined by SECPOOL on May 17, 2026 at 2:13 AM UTC, 22 min 59 s after block 949,736. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,559 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 949,737 is number 202 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,814 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,263 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 25,931 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.