About block 949,917
Bitcoin block 949,917 was mined by Luxor on May 18, 2026 at 8:48 AM UTC, 4 min 56 s after block 949,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,369 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 949,917 is number 382 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,634 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,083 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. Luxor found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,732 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.