About block 950,006
Bitcoin block 950,006 was mined by ViaBTC on May 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC, 14 min 3 s after block 950,005. 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 3,207 transactions in 1.41 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 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 950,006 is number 471 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,545 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,994 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,634 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.