About block 949,685
Bitcoin block 949,685 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC, 7 min 25 s after block 949,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,530 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 949,685 is number 150 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,866 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,315 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 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.