About block 949,231
Bitcoin block 949,231 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 3:48 PM UTC, 4 min 25 s after block 949,230. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,809 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 949,231 is number 1,712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,769 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 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,476 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.