About block 950,973
Bitcoin block 950,973 was mined by Foundry USA on May 25, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC, 9 min 58 s after block 950,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,357 transactions in 2.19 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 950,973 is number 1,438 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 578 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,027 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. Foundry USA found 252 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,574 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.