About block 950,273
Bitcoin block 950,273 was mined by SECPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 7:08 PM UTC, 8 min 26 s after block 950,272. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,548 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 950,273 is number 738 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,278 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,727 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,352 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.