About block 950,516
Bitcoin block 950,516 was mined by OCEAN on May 22, 2026 at 1:40 PM UTC, 21 min 45 s after block 950,515. 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 3,725 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 950,516 is number 981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,035 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,484 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,097 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.