About block 950,522
Bitcoin block 950,522 was mined by Unknown on May 22, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 7 min 46 s after block 950,521. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,500 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 950,522 is number 987 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,029 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,478 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Unknown found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,090 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.