About block 950,500
Bitcoin block 950,500 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 11 min 35 s after block 950,499. 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 4,899 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 950,500 is number 965 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,051 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,500 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 25,113 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.