About block 949,189
Bitcoin block 949,189 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM UTC, 16 min 53 s after block 949,188. 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 4,117 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 949,189 is number 1,670 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 346 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,811 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 26,521 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.