About block 949,813
Bitcoin block 949,813 was mined by SECPOOL on May 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM UTC, 1 min 3 s after block 949,812. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,350 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 949,813 is number 278 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,738 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,187 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 25,847 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.