About block 949,032
Bitcoin block 949,032 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC, 12 min 11 s after block 949,031. 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 5,127 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 949,032 is number 1,513 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 503 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,968 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,690 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.