About block 951,856
Bitcoin block 951,856 was mined by SpiderPool on May 31, 2026 at 1:45 PM UTC, 13 min 3 s after block 951,855. 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 3,786 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 951,856 is number 305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,144 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 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,637 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.