About block 950,542
Bitcoin block 950,542 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 4:59 PM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 950,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,190 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 950,542 is number 1,007 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,458 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,067 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.