About block 949,957
Bitcoin block 949,957 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 13 min 4 s after block 949,956. 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 3,430 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 949,957 is number 422 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,594 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,043 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,686 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.