About block 950,178
Bitcoin block 950,178 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 2:54 AM UTC, 10 min 16 s after block 950,177. 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 4,811 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 950,178 is number 643 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,373 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,822 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,454 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.