About block 949,866
Bitcoin block 949,866 was mined by MARA Pool on May 17, 2026 at 11:11 PM UTC, 22 min 35 s after block 949,865. 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 3,470 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 949,866 is number 331 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,685 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,134 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.