About block 950,043
Bitcoin block 950,043 was mined by SpiderPool on May 19, 2026 at 6:05 AM UTC, 1 min 16 s after block 950,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,703 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 950,043 is number 508 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,508 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,957 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,595 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.