About block 950,277
Bitcoin block 950,277 was mined by ViaBTC on May 20, 2026 at 7:45 PM UTC, 10 min 55 s after block 950,276. 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 3,170 transactions in 1.29 MB (80.6% 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 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 950,277 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,723 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.