About block 949,605
Bitcoin block 949,605 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 5:00 AM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 949,604. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,989 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 949,605 is number 70 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,395 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 26,075 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.