About block 949,227
Bitcoin block 949,227 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 3:14 PM UTC, 4 min 52 s after block 949,226. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,940 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, 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 949,227 is number 1,708 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 308 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,773 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 26,480 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.