About block 949,567
Bitcoin block 949,567 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM UTC, 57 seconds after block 949,566. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,450 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 949,567 is number 32 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,984 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,433 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 26,115 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.