About block 950,550
Bitcoin block 950,550 was mined by WhitePool on May 22, 2026 at 6:30 PM UTC, 2 min 40 s after block 950,549. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,736 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 950,550 is number 1,015 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,001 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,450 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,058 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.