About block 950,968
Bitcoin block 950,968 was mined by ViaBTC on May 25, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC, 8 min 22 s after block 950,967. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,551 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 950,968 is number 1,433 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 583 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,032 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,579 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.