About block 950,458
Bitcoin block 950,458 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 4:05 AM UTC, 5 min 18 s after block 950,457. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,491 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 950,458 is number 923 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,093 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,542 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.