About block 949,169
Bitcoin block 949,169 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 4:20 AM UTC, 21 min 37 s after block 949,168. 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 3,055 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 949,169 is number 1,650 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 366 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,831 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 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,543 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.