About block 950,679
Bitcoin block 950,679 was mined by ViaBTC on May 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM UTC, 20 min 33 s after block 950,678. 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 3,673 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0325 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1575 BTC for this block.
Block 950,679 is number 1,144 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 872 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,321 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,895 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.