About block 950,838
Bitcoin block 950,838 was mined by SpiderPool on May 24, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC, 4 min 50 s after block 950,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,272 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 950,838 is number 1,303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,162 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,724 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.