About block 950,543
Bitcoin block 950,543 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 14 min 12 s after block 950,542. 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 3,714 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% 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 0.0287 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1537 BTC for this block.
Block 950,543 is number 1,008 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,008 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,457 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,066 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.