About block 949,963
Bitcoin block 949,963 was mined by ViaBTC on May 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC, 13 min 29 s after block 949,962. 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 3,265 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 949,963 is number 428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,037 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,680 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.