About block 950,229
Bitcoin block 950,229 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 11:47 AM UTC, 9 min 38 s after block 950,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,879 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 950,229 is number 694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,771 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,399 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.