About block 949,986
Bitcoin block 949,986 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 8:36 PM UTC, 2 min 4 s after block 949,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,638 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 949,986 is number 451 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,565 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,014 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. F2Pool found 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,654 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.