About block 949,958
Bitcoin block 949,958 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 3:25 PM UTC, 8 min 34 s after block 949,957. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,746 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% 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 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 949,958 is number 423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,042 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. F2Pool found 161 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,685 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.