About block 950,235
Bitcoin block 950,235 was mined by ViaBTC on May 20, 2026 at 12:36 PM UTC, 6 min 22 s after block 950,234. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,337 transactions in 1.29 MB (78.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 950,235 is number 700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,765 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,393 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.