About block 950,697
Bitcoin block 950,697 was mined by Braiins Pool on May 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 22 min 31 s after block 950,696. 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 4,181 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0332 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1582 BTC for this block.
Block 950,697 is number 1,162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,303 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. Braiins Pool found 22 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,876 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.