About block 951,256
Bitcoin block 951,256 was mined by SpiderPool on May 27, 2026 at 12:20 PM UTC, 5 min 17 s after block 951,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,073 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 951,256 is number 1,721 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 295 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,744 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 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,275 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.