About block 951,863
Bitcoin block 951,863 was mined by SpiderPool on May 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM UTC, 12 min 35 s after block 951,862. 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 4,730 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 951,863 is number 312 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,704 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,137 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 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,630 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.