About block 950,257
Bitcoin block 950,257 was mined by Foundry USA on May 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 950,256. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,153 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 950,257 is number 722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,743 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 25,371 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.