About block 950,546
Bitcoin block 950,546 was mined by SpiderPool on May 22, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 4 min 1 s after block 950,545. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,165 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 950,546 is number 1,011 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,005 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,454 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,062 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.