About block 950,243
Bitcoin block 950,243 was mined by AntPool on May 20, 2026 at 1:28 PM UTC, 8 min 36 s after block 950,242. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,488 transactions in 1.76 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 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 950,243 is number 708 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,308 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,757 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,385 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.