About block 949,005
Bitcoin block 949,005 was mined by SpiderPool on May 11, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC, 37 min 58 s after block 949,004. 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 3,831 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0331 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1581 BTC for this block.
Block 949,005 is number 1,486 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 530 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,995 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,859 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.