About block 949,768
Bitcoin block 949,768 was mined by NiceHash on May 17, 2026 at 6:18 AM UTC, 16 min 7 s after block 949,767. 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 1,856 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 949,768 is number 233 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,783 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,232 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.