About block 950,971
Bitcoin block 950,971 was mined by OCEAN on May 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM UTC, 10 min 53 s after block 950,970. 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 3,638 transactions in 1.53 MB (90.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 950,971 is number 1,436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,029 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.