About block 950,198
Bitcoin block 950,198 was mined by MARA Pool on May 20, 2026 at 6:08 AM UTC, 8 min 52 s after block 950,197. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,245 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 950,198 is number 663 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,353 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,802 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. MARA Pool found 60 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,434 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.