About block 949,566
Bitcoin block 949,566 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 9:53 PM UTC, 2 min 37 s after block 949,565. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,951 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 949,566 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,434 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 26,116 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.