About block 950,195
Bitcoin block 950,195 was mined by AntPool on May 20, 2026 at 5:53 AM UTC, 12 min 26 s after block 950,194. 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 5,018 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 950,195 is number 660 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,356 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,805 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,437 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.