About block 949,670
Bitcoin block 949,670 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 36 min 21 s after block 949,669. 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 3,769 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0504 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1754 BTC for this block.
Block 949,670 is number 135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,330 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 26,002 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.