About block 950,226
Bitcoin block 950,226 was mined by OCEAN on May 20, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC, 4 min 32 s after block 950,225. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,500 transactions in 1.75 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 950,226 is number 691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,774 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,402 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.