About block 951,618
Bitcoin block 951,618 was mined by ViaBTC on May 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 951,617. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,907 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0209 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1459 BTC for this block.
Block 951,618 is number 67 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,949 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,382 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,895 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.