About block 950,196
Bitcoin block 950,196 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 6:01 AM UTC, 7 min 28 s after block 950,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,172 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 950,196 is number 661 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,355 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,804 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.