About block 949,803
Bitcoin block 949,803 was mined by F2Pool on May 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC, 35 seconds after block 949,802. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,408 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 949,803 is number 268 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,748 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,197 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. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,858 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.