About block 949,057
Bitcoin block 949,057 was mined by SpiderPool on May 12, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC, 11 min 15 s after block 949,056. 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 4,898 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 949,057 is number 1,538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,943 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 26,664 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.