About block 950,166
Bitcoin block 950,166 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 1:54 AM UTC, 8 min 23 s after block 950,165. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,117 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 950,166 is number 631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,834 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,468 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.