About block 950,388
Bitcoin block 950,388 was mined by MARA Pool on May 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM UTC, 32 min 10 s after block 950,387. 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 4,044 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0597 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1847 BTC for this block.
Block 950,388 is number 853 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,163 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,612 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. MARA Pool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,229 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.