About block 949,740
Bitcoin block 949,740 was mined by MARA Pool on May 17, 2026 at 2:24 AM UTC, 3 min 2 s after block 949,739. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,965 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 949,740 is number 205 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,811 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,260 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 25,927 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.