About block 949,274
Bitcoin block 949,274 was mined by SpiderPool on May 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC, 17 min 59 s after block 949,273. 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 3,207 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 949,274 is number 1,755 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 261 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,726 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 26,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.