About block 949,155
Bitcoin block 949,155 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC, 14 min 47 s after block 949,154. 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 3,623 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 949,155 is number 1,636 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 380 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,845 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 26,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.