About block 950,358
Bitcoin block 950,358 was mined by AntPool on May 21, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 66 min 23 s after block 950,357. 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 4,210 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0661 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1911 BTC for this block.
Block 950,358 is number 823 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,193 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,642 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. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,259 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.