About block 950,420
Bitcoin block 950,420 was mined by SECPOOL on May 21, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC, 39 min 30 s after block 950,419. 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 3,818 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0518 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1768 BTC for this block.
Block 950,420 is number 885 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,131 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,580 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 25,196 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.