About block 949,589
Bitcoin block 949,589 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 1:46 AM UTC, 11 min 17 s after block 949,588. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 5,941 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 949,589 is number 54 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,411 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 26,091 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.