About block 950,238
Bitcoin block 950,238 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM UTC, 1 min 54 s after block 950,237. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,973 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 950,238 is number 703 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,313 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,762 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 25,390 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.