About block 950,258
Bitcoin block 950,258 was mined by SECPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 3:37 PM UTC, 29 seconds after block 950,257. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,151 transactions in 1.80 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 0.0040 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1290 BTC for this block.
Block 950,258 is number 723 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,293 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,742 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,370 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.