About block 949,649
Bitcoin block 949,649 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC, 22 min 49 s after block 949,648. 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 5,017 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 949,649 is number 114 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,902 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,351 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 26,025 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.