About block 949,196
Bitcoin block 949,196 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 949,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,242 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 949,196 is number 1,677 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 339 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,804 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 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,514 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.