About block 950,997
Bitcoin block 950,997 was mined by SpiderPool on May 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM UTC, 3 min 36 s after block 950,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,007 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 950,997 is number 1,462 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 554 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 99,003 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 24,547 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.