About block 950,230
Bitcoin block 950,230 was mined by OCEAN on May 20, 2026 at 12:01 PM UTC, 13 min 20 s after block 950,229. 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 2,717 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 950,230 is number 695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,770 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. OCEAN found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,398 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.