About block 950,079
Bitcoin block 950,079 was mined by ViaBTC on May 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM UTC, 18 min 39 s after block 950,078. 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 2,759 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0332 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1582 BTC for this block.
Block 950,079 is number 544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,921 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.