About block 949,850
Bitcoin block 949,850 was mined by SpiderPool on May 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM UTC, 19 min 0 s after block 949,849. 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 4,103 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 949,850 is number 315 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,701 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,150 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 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,807 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.