About block 949,805
Bitcoin block 949,805 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 17, 2026 at 1:40 PM UTC, 9 min 14 s after block 949,804. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,131 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 949,805 is number 270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,195 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,856 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.