About block 949,010
Bitcoin block 949,010 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC, 41 min 12 s after block 949,009. 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 3,795 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0381 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1631 BTC for this block.
Block 949,010 is number 1,491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,990 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,853 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.