About block 949,961
Bitcoin block 949,961 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM UTC, 10 min 40 s after block 949,960. 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 4,650 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 949,961 is number 426 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,590 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,039 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 25,682 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.