About block 949,939
Bitcoin block 949,939 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC, 30 min 59 s after block 949,938. 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 4,097 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 949,939 is number 404 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,612 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,061 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 25,707 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.