About block 950,544
Bitcoin block 950,544 was mined by MARA Pool on May 22, 2026 at 5:20 PM UTC, 6 min 15 s after block 950,543. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,636 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 950,544 is number 1,009 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,456 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,064 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.