About block 949,774
Bitcoin block 949,774 was mined by SpiderPool on May 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 949,773. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,525 transactions in 1.33 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 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 949,774 is number 239 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,777 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,226 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 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,890 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.