About block 949,098
Bitcoin block 949,098 was mined by AntPool on May 12, 2026 at 4:27 PM UTC, 16 min 15 s after block 949,097. 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 3,761 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0411 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1661 BTC for this block.
Block 949,098 is number 1,579 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 437 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,902 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.