About block 950,844
Bitcoin block 950,844 was mined by ViaBTC on May 24, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC, 9 min 4 s after block 950,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,913 transactions in 0.81 MB (48.8% 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 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 950,844 is number 1,309 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 707 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,156 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,718 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.