About block 950,996
Bitcoin block 950,996 was mined by MARA Pool on May 25, 2026 at 6:07 PM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 950,995. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,774 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 950,996 is number 1,461 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 555 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,004 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 24,548 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.