About block 949,965
Bitcoin block 949,965 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 4:53 PM UTC, 16 min 46 s after block 949,964. 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 3,468 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 949,965 is number 430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,035 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 25,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.