About block 950,597
Bitcoin block 950,597 was mined by ViaBTC on May 23, 2026 at 1:22 AM UTC, 16 min 41 s after block 950,596. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,574 transactions in 1.02 MB (62.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 950,597 is number 1,062 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,403 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 25,007 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.