About block 949,069
Bitcoin block 949,069 was mined by SpiderPool on May 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 9 min 9 s after block 949,068. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,045 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 949,069 is number 1,550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,931 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 26,650 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.