About block 950,031
Bitcoin block 950,031 was mined by AntPool on May 19, 2026 at 4:22 AM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 950,030. 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 4,275 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 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, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 950,031 is number 496 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,520 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,969 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.