About block 950,649
Bitcoin block 950,649 was mined by SpiderPool on May 23, 2026 at 8:57 AM UTC, 29 min 40 s after block 950,648. 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 4,272 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 950,649 is number 1,114 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 902 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,351 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 24,926 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.