About block 949,655
Bitcoin block 949,655 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 12:26 PM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 949,654. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,250 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 949,655 is number 120 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,896 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,345 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 26,019 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.