About block 950,480
Bitcoin block 950,480 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 8:04 AM UTC, 17 min 53 s after block 950,479. 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 3,547 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 950,480 is number 945 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,071 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,520 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.