About block 949,860
Bitcoin block 949,860 was mined by SpiderPool on May 17, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC, 2 min 51 s after block 949,859. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,466 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 949,860 is number 325 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,691 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,140 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 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.