About block 949,680
Bitcoin block 949,680 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM UTC, 14 min 17 s after block 949,679. 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 4,784 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0166 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1416 BTC for this block.
Block 949,680 is number 145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,320 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 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,990 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.