About block 949,851
Bitcoin block 949,851 was mined by OCEAN on May 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM UTC, 27 min 22 s after block 949,850. 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 3,939 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 949,851 is number 316 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,700 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,149 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,806 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.