About block 949,867
Bitcoin block 949,867 was mined by MARA Pool on May 17, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC, 7 min 32 s after block 949,866. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,848 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 949,867 is number 332 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,684 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,133 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,787 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.