About block 951,221
Bitcoin block 951,221 was mined by ViaBTC on May 27, 2026 at 6:22 AM UTC, 24 min 50 s after block 951,220. 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 4,127 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.1032 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2282 BTC for this block.
Block 951,221 is number 1,686 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 330 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,779 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,310 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.