About block 949,074
Bitcoin block 949,074 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 20 min 8 s after block 949,073. 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 4,105 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0335 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1585 BTC for this block.
Block 949,074 is number 1,555 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 461 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,926 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,645 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.