About block 949,901
Bitcoin block 949,901 was mined by Binance Pool on May 18, 2026 at 6:23 AM UTC, 36 min 10 s after block 949,900. 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 4,005 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0341 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1591 BTC for this block.
Block 949,901 is number 366 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,650 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,099 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,748 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.