About block 950,271
Bitcoin block 950,271 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM UTC, 25 min 53 s after block 950,270. 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 3,464 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0411 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1661 BTC for this block.
Block 950,271 is number 736 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,280 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,729 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,354 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.