About block 949,849
Bitcoin block 949,849 was mined by F2Pool on May 17, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTC, 14 min 22 s after block 949,848. 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 3,849 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0203 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1453 BTC for this block.
Block 949,849 is number 314 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,702 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,151 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 25,808 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.