About block 949,882
Bitcoin block 949,882 was mined by MARA Pool on May 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM UTC, 10 min 58 s after block 949,881. 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 4,365 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 949,882 is number 347 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,669 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,118 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 25,771 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.