About block 949,973
Bitcoin block 949,973 was mined by MARA Pool on May 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC, 19 min 5 s after block 949,972. 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 3,567 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0409 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1659 BTC for this block.
Block 949,973 is number 438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,027 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,669 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.