About block 949,834
Bitcoin block 949,834 was mined by Binance Pool on May 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTC, 5 min 40 s after block 949,833. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,495 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 949,834 is number 299 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,717 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,166 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,824 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.