About block 949,975
Bitcoin block 949,975 was mined by SBI Crypto on May 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM UTC, 11 min 28 s after block 949,974. 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 3,054 transactions in 1.56 MB (92.4% 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 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SBI Crypto earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 949,975 is number 440 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,576 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,025 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SBI Crypto found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,667 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.