About block 949,504
Bitcoin block 949,504 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 949,503. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,586 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 949,504 is number 1,985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 31 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,496 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 26,188 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.