About block 950,266
Bitcoin block 950,266 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC, 19 min 44 s after block 950,265. 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 4,328 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 950,266 is number 731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,734 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,362 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.