About block 950,036
Bitcoin block 950,036 was mined by MARA Pool on May 19, 2026 at 4:43 AM UTC, 2 min 27 s after block 950,035. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,190 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 950,036 is number 501 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,515 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,964 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. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.