About block 949,959
Bitcoin block 949,959 was mined by OCEAN on May 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM UTC, 9 min 17 s after block 949,958. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,428 transactions in 1.08 MB (65.8% 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 949,959 is number 424 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,592 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,041 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.