About block 949,859
Bitcoin block 949,859 was mined by ViaBTC on May 17, 2026 at 10:25 PM UTC, 28 min 22 s after block 949,858. 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 4,052 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 949,859 is number 324 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,692 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,141 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,798 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.