About block 949,645
Bitcoin block 949,645 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM UTC, 7 min 58 s after block 949,644. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,437 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 949,645 is number 110 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,906 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,355 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 26,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.