About block 950,717
Bitcoin block 950,717 was mined by ViaBTC on May 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM UTC, 15 min 36 s after block 950,716. 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 3,625 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 950,717 is number 1,182 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 834 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,283 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 24,856 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.