About block 949,215
Bitcoin block 949,215 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM UTC, 14 min 43 s after block 949,214. 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 3,504 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0298 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1548 BTC for this block.
Block 949,215 is number 1,696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,785 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 26,494 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.