About block 950,008
Bitcoin block 950,008 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC, 2 min 37 s after block 950,007. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,434 transactions in 2.38 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0065 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1315 BTC for this block.
Block 950,008 is number 473 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,543 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,992 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,632 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.