About block 950,156
Bitcoin block 950,156 was mined by MARA Pool on May 20, 2026 at 12:31 AM UTC, 6 min 51 s after block 950,155. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,714 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 950,156 is number 621 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,395 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,844 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 25,478 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.