About block 950,457
Bitcoin block 950,457 was mined by SpiderPool on May 22, 2026 at 4:00 AM UTC, 11 min 11 s after block 950,456. 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 5,429 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 950,457 is number 922 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,094 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,543 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 25,157 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.