About block 949,832
Bitcoin block 949,832 was mined by F2Pool on May 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM UTC, 5 min 15 s after block 949,831. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,950 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 949,832 is number 297 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,719 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,168 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. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,826 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.