About block 949,261
Bitcoin block 949,261 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM UTC, 11 min 15 s after block 949,260. 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 5,550 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 949,261 is number 1,742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,739 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 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,444 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.