About block 950,248
Bitcoin block 950,248 was mined by Foundry USA on May 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM UTC, 17 min 29 s after block 950,247. 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 4,359 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% 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 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 950,248 is number 713 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,303 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,752 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. Foundry USA found 243 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,380 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.