About block 950,159
Bitcoin block 950,159 was mined by AntPool on May 20, 2026 at 12:53 AM UTC, 4 min 41 s after block 950,158. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,303 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0085 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1335 BTC for this block.
Block 950,159 is number 624 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,392 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,841 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 25,475 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.