About block 950,969
Bitcoin block 950,969 was mined by SpiderPool on May 25, 2026 at 3:15 PM UTC, 11 min 18 s after block 950,968. 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 3,344 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 950,969 is number 1,434 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 582 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,031 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. SpiderPool found 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,578 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.