About block 949,976
Bitcoin block 949,976 was mined by SECPOOL on May 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM UTC, 22 min 47 s after block 949,975. 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 4,091 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 949,976 is number 441 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,575 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,024 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,666 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.