About block 950,963
Bitcoin block 950,963 was mined by ViaBTC on May 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM UTC, 2 min 36 s after block 950,962. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,598 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 950,963 is number 1,428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,037 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,587 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.