About block 950,978
Bitcoin block 950,978 was mined by SpiderPool on May 25, 2026 at 4:43 PM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 950,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,723 transactions in 1.83 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 0.0288 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1538 BTC for this block.
Block 950,978 is number 1,443 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 573 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,022 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 24,567 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.