About block 950,536
Bitcoin block 950,536 was mined by ViaBTC on May 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM UTC, 24 min 21 s after block 950,535. 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 4,055 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 950,536 is number 1,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,015 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,464 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,073 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.