About block 949,916
Bitcoin block 949,916 was mined by ViaBTC on May 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC, 38 seconds after block 949,915. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,788 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% 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 0.0090 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1340 BTC for this block.
Block 949,916 is number 381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,084 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.