About block 950,572
Bitcoin block 950,572 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on May 22, 2026 at 9:27 PM UTC, 8 min 37 s after block 950,571. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,843 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 950,572 is number 1,037 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 979 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,428 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,035 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.