About block 949,822
Bitcoin block 949,822 was mined by MARA Pool on May 17, 2026 at 3:55 PM UTC, 8 min 35 s after block 949,821. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,710 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 949,822 is number 287 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,729 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,178 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.