About block 950,431
Bitcoin block 950,431 was mined by SpiderPool on May 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC, 10 min 20 s after block 950,430. 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 4,772 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0170 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1420 BTC for this block.
Block 950,431 is number 896 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,120 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,569 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. SpiderPool found 74 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,184 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.