About block 950,117
Bitcoin block 950,117 was mined by AntPool on May 19, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 2 min 17 s after block 950,116. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,991 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 950,117 is number 582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,883 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.