About block 949,373
Bitcoin block 949,373 was mined by SpiderPool on May 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM UTC, 3 min 11 s after block 949,372. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,752 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 949,373 is number 1,854 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 162 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,627 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 26,325 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.