About block 949,242
Bitcoin block 949,242 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC, 3 min 31 s after block 949,241. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,675 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 949,242 is number 1,723 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 293 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,758 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 26,464 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.