About block 950,278
Bitcoin block 950,278 was mined by MARA Pool on May 20, 2026 at 7:59 PM UTC, 13 min 35 s after block 950,277. 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 4,711 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 950,278 is number 743 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,273 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,722 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 25,347 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.