About block 951,657
Bitcoin block 951,657 was mined by ViaBTC on May 30, 2026 at 3:40 AM UTC, 12 min 54 s after block 951,656. 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 5,188 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 951,657 is number 106 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,910 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,343 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 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,853 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.