About block 950,396
Bitcoin block 950,396 was mined by SECPOOL on May 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM UTC, 12 min 26 s after block 950,395. 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 3,276 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0347 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1597 BTC for this block.
Block 950,396 is number 861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,604 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. SECPOOL found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,221 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.