About block 949,921
Bitcoin block 949,921 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 9:02 AM UTC, 7 min 56 s after block 949,920. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,430 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 949,921 is number 386 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,630 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,079 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 25,727 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.