About block 950,269
Bitcoin block 950,269 was mined by MARA Pool on May 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 950,268. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,023 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 950,269 is number 734 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,282 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,731 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,356 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.