About block 951,516
Bitcoin block 951,516 was mined by SpiderPool on May 29, 2026 at 4:47 AM UTC, 1 min 39 s after block 951,515. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,980 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0250 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1500 BTC for this block.
Block 951,516 is number 1,981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 35 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,484 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 24,002 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.