About block 950,514
Bitcoin block 950,514 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM UTC, 36 seconds after block 950,513. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,113 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 0.0041 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1291 BTC for this block.
Block 950,514 is number 979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,037 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,486 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 25,099 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.