About block 949,556
Bitcoin block 949,556 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC, 5 min 13 s after block 949,555. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,236 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 949,556 is number 21 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,995 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,444 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 26,129 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.