About block 950,496
Bitcoin block 950,496 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC, 3 min 8 s after block 950,495. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,044 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 950,496 is number 961 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,055 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,504 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 25,117 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.