About block 949,949
Bitcoin block 949,949 was mined by WhitePool on May 18, 2026 at 1:50 PM UTC, 20 min 6 s after block 949,948. 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 3,964 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0350 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1600 BTC for this block.
Block 949,949 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,051 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,696 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.