About block 949,835
Bitcoin block 949,835 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 17, 2026 at 5:02 PM UTC, 11 min 3 s after block 949,834. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 5,374 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 949,835 is number 300 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,716 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,165 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 25,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.