About block 949,873
Bitcoin block 949,873 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM UTC, 8 min 0 s after block 949,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,904 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 949,873 is number 338 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,678 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,127 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,780 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.