About block 949,033
Bitcoin block 949,033 was mined by SpiderPool on May 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 4 min 48 s after block 949,032. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,170 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 949,033 is number 1,514 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 502 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,967 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,689 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.