About block 950,272
Bitcoin block 950,272 was mined by AntPool on May 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM UTC, 12 min 52 s after block 950,271. 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 3,217 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 950,272 is number 737 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,279 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,728 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,353 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.