About block 950,279
Bitcoin block 950,279 was mined by SECPOOL on May 20, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC, 6 min 24 s after block 950,278. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,226 transactions in 1.84 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 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 950,279 is number 744 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,272 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,721 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.