About block 949,051
Bitcoin block 949,051 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM UTC, 26 min 30 s after block 949,050. 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 3,592 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 949,051 is number 1,532 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 484 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,949 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 26,670 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.