About block 949,503
Bitcoin block 949,503 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC, 21 min 11 s after block 949,502. 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 3,110 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 949,503 is number 1,984 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 32 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,497 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 26,189 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.