About block 949,908
Bitcoin block 949,908 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 7:08 AM UTC, 6 min 19 s after block 949,907. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,770 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0052 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1302 BTC for this block.
Block 949,908 is number 373 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,643 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,092 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 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,741 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.