About block 950,983
Bitcoin block 950,983 was mined by ViaBTC on May 25, 2026 at 5:18 PM UTC, 4 min 57 s after block 950,982. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,161 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 950,983 is number 1,448 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 568 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,017 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,562 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.