About block 949,878
Bitcoin block 949,878 was mined by ViaBTC on May 18, 2026 at 1:47 AM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 949,877. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,717 transactions in 0.92 MB (51.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0081 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1331 BTC for this block.
Block 949,878 is number 343 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,673 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,122 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 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.