About block 949,902
Bitcoin block 949,902 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 6:38 AM UTC, 14 min 55 s after block 949,901. 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 3,514 transactions in 1.86 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 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 949,902 is number 367 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,649 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,098 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 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,747 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.