About block 949,164
Bitcoin block 949,164 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 3:10 AM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 949,163. 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 4,619 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 949,164 is number 1,645 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 371 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,836 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,548 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.