About block 949,662
Bitcoin block 949,662 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 12:52 PM UTC, 3 min 22 s after block 949,661. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,769 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 949,662 is number 127 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,889 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,338 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 26,010 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.