About block 950,002
Bitcoin block 950,002 was mined by OCEAN on May 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC, 16 min 21 s after block 950,001. 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 2,889 transactions in 1.60 MB (95.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 950,002 is number 467 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,549 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,998 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,638 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.