About block 949,801
Bitcoin block 949,801 was mined by ViaBTC on May 17, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 52 min 32 s after block 949,800. 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 4,444 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0493 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1743 BTC for this block.
Block 949,801 is number 266 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,750 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,199 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.