About block 950,609
Bitcoin block 950,609 was mined by SpiderPool on May 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 950,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,129 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 950,609 is number 1,074 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 942 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,391 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.