About block 949,353
Bitcoin block 949,353 was mined by SpiderPool on May 14, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 24 min 29 s after block 949,352. 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 3,988 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0485 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1735 BTC for this block.
Block 949,353 is number 1,834 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 182 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,647 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 26,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.