About block 949,491
Bitcoin block 949,491 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC, 8 min 37 s after block 949,490. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,245 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 949,491 is number 1,972 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 44 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,509 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 26,201 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.