About block 949,998
Bitcoin block 949,998 was mined by F2Pool on May 18, 2026 at 9:48 PM UTC, 6 min 37 s after block 949,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,074 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 949,998 is number 463 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,553 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,002 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 25,642 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.