About block 949,974
Bitcoin block 949,974 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM UTC, 7 min 18 s after block 949,973. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,529 transactions in 1.79 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 949,974 is number 439 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,577 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,026 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 25,668 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.