About block 950,603
Bitcoin block 950,603 was mined by AntPool on May 23, 2026 at 2:05 AM UTC, 18 min 49 s after block 950,602. 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 4,233 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 950,603 is number 1,068 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,397 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 25,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.