About block 950,406
Bitcoin block 950,406 was mined by NiceHash on May 21, 2026 at 8:19 PM UTC, 35 min 4 s after block 950,405. 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 4,037 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0568 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1818 BTC for this block.
Block 950,406 is number 871 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,145 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,594 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,210 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.