About block 949,712
Bitcoin block 949,712 was mined by SpiderPool on May 16, 2026 at 9:58 PM UTC, 13 min 4 s after block 949,711. 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 5,431 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 949,712 is number 177 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,839 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,288 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 25,958 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.