About block 950,990
Bitcoin block 950,990 was mined by MARA Pool on May 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 12 min 35 s after block 950,989. 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 4,100 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 950,990 is number 1,455 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 561 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,010 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. MARA Pool found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,554 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.