About block 950,982
Bitcoin block 950,982 was mined by AntPool on May 25, 2026 at 5:13 PM UTC, 20 min 27 s after block 950,981. 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 3,962 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0335 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1585 BTC for this block.
Block 950,982 is number 1,447 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 569 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,018 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,563 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.