About block 950,245
Bitcoin block 950,245 was mined by AntPool on May 20, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC, 19 min 0 s after block 950,244. 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 4,083 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0284 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1534 BTC for this block.
Block 950,245 is number 710 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,306 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,755 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,383 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.