About block 950,559
Bitcoin block 950,559 was mined by AntPool on May 22, 2026 at 7:41 PM UTC, 3 min 39 s after block 950,558. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,618 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 950,559 is number 1,024 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,441 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.