About block 949,962
Bitcoin block 949,962 was mined by Luxor on May 18, 2026 at 4:11 PM UTC, 23 min 53 s after block 949,961. 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 3,741 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0370 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1620 BTC for this block.
Block 949,962 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,038 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. Luxor found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,681 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.