About block 950,851
Bitcoin block 950,851 was mined by MARA Pool on May 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM UTC, 2 min 48 s after block 950,850. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,753 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 950,851 is number 1,316 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 700 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,149 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. MARA Pool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,711 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.