About block 950,053
Bitcoin block 950,053 was mined by F2Pool on May 19, 2026 at 7:59 AM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 950,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,536 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% 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 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 950,053 is number 518 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,498 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,947 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. F2Pool found 160 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,585 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.