About block 950,957
Bitcoin block 950,957 was mined by ViaBTC on May 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM UTC, 5 min 17 s after block 950,956. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,954 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 950,957 is number 1,422 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 594 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,043 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,593 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.