About block 950,916
Bitcoin block 950,916 was mined by MARA Pool on May 25, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 950,915. 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 5,116 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 950,916 is number 1,381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,084 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. MARA Pool found 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,639 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.