About block 950,644
Bitcoin block 950,644 was mined by AntPool on May 23, 2026 at 8:02 AM UTC, 18 min 9 s after block 950,643. 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 3,627 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 950,644 is number 1,109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,356 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,931 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.