About block 950,049
Bitcoin block 950,049 was mined by F2Pool on May 19, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC, 8 min 29 s after block 950,048. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,196 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0169 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1419 BTC for this block.
Block 950,049 is number 514 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,502 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,951 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 25,589 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.