About block 949,359
Bitcoin block 949,359 was mined by SpiderPool on May 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC, 2 min 5 s after block 949,358. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,048 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 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 949,359 is number 1,840 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 176 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,641 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 26,339 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.