About block 949,988
Bitcoin block 949,988 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM UTC, 8 min 5 s after block 949,987. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,024 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0244 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1494 BTC for this block.
Block 949,988 is number 453 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,563 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,012 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. F2Pool found 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,652 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.