About block 949,752
Bitcoin block 949,752 was mined by SECPOOL on May 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM UTC, 41 min 24 s after block 949,751. 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 3,827 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 949,752 is number 217 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,799 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,248 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,912 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.