About block 949,037
Bitcoin block 949,037 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 5:38 AM UTC, 9 min 58 s after block 949,036. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,929 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 949,037 is number 1,518 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 498 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,963 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,685 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.