About block 950,977
Bitcoin block 950,977 was mined by SpiderPool on May 25, 2026 at 4:36 PM UTC, 20 min 14 s after block 950,976. 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 3,471 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0375 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1625 BTC for this block.
Block 950,977 is number 1,442 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 574 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,023 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. SpiderPool found 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,568 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.