About block 951,498
Bitcoin block 951,498 was mined by SECPOOL on May 29, 2026 at 1:18 AM UTC, 14 min 54 s after block 951,497. 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 4,958 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 951,498 is number 1,963 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 53 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,502 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. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,022 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.