About block 949,906
Bitcoin block 949,906 was mined by ViaBTC on May 18, 2026 at 7:00 AM UTC, 11 min 44 s after block 949,905. 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 1,993 transactions in 1.01 MB (61.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 949,906 is number 371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,094 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,743 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.