About block 949,989
Bitcoin block 949,989 was mined by SpiderPool on May 18, 2026 at 9:02 PM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 949,988. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,192 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 949,989 is number 454 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,562 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,011 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 25,651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.