About block 950,225
Bitcoin block 950,225 was mined by ViaBTC on May 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 950,224. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,952 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1413 BTC for this block.
Block 950,225 is number 690 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,326 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,775 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,403 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.