About block 950,788
Bitcoin block 950,788 was mined by ViaBTC on May 24, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTC, 19 min 28 s after block 950,787. 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 3,880 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 950,788 is number 1,253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,212 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,779 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.