About block 950,297
Bitcoin block 950,297 was mined by SpiderPool on May 20, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC, 22 seconds after block 950,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,719 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0042 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1292 BTC for this block.
Block 950,297 is number 762 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,254 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,703 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. SpiderPool found 75 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,326 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.