About block 950,578
Bitcoin block 950,578 was mined by ViaBTC on May 22, 2026 at 10:12 PM UTC, 9 min 16 s after block 950,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,841 transactions in 0.91 MB (55.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 950,578 is number 1,043 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,422 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.