About block 950,588
Bitcoin block 950,588 was mined by ViaBTC on May 23, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC, 2 min 39 s after block 950,587. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,112 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 950,588 is number 1,053 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,412 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.