About block 950,224
Bitcoin block 950,224 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 24 min 14 s after block 950,223. 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 4,217 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0352 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1602 BTC for this block.
Block 950,224 is number 689 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,327 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,776 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 25,404 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.