About block 949,884
Bitcoin block 949,884 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 3:41 AM UTC, 12 min 7 s after block 949,883. 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 3,639 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0251 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1501 BTC for this block.
Block 949,884 is number 349 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,667 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,116 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 25,767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.