About block 949,894
Bitcoin block 949,894 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 4:25 AM UTC, 18 min 31 s after block 949,893. 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 2,994 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 949,894 is number 359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,106 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,757 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.