About block 949,248
Bitcoin block 949,248 was mined by AntPool on May 13, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTC, 17 min 55 s after block 949,247. 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 4,377 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 949,248 is number 1,729 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 287 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,752 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 26,458 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.