About block 949,686
Bitcoin block 949,686 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM UTC, 9 min 39 s after block 949,685. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,697 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 949,686 is number 151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,314 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 25,984 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.