About block 950,840
Bitcoin block 950,840 was mined by SpiderPool on May 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM UTC, 8 min 58 s after block 950,839. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,088 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 950,840 is number 1,305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,160 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.