About block 949,571
Bitcoin block 949,571 was mined by SpiderPool on May 15, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC, 2 min 43 s after block 949,570. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,903 transactions in 1.75 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 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 949,571 is number 36 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,980 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,429 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 26,111 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.