About block 950,708
Bitcoin block 950,708 was mined by ViaBTC on May 23, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC, 19 min 3 s after block 950,707. 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 4,291 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 950,708 is number 1,173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,292 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,865 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.