About block 949,273
Bitcoin block 949,273 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC, 25 min 4 s after block 949,272. 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 3,761 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 949,273 is number 1,754 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 262 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,727 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 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,431 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.