About block 950,259
Bitcoin block 950,259 was mined by Binance Pool on May 20, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 950,258. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,867 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 950,259 is number 724 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,292 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,741 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.