About block 949,947
Bitcoin block 949,947 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 1:28 PM UTC, 1 min 3 s after block 949,946. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,207 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 949,947 is number 412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,053 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,698 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.