About block 950,443
Bitcoin block 950,443 was mined by MARA Pool on May 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM UTC, 2 min 17 s after block 950,442. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,269 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 950,443 is number 908 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,108 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,557 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 25,172 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.