About block 949,291
Bitcoin block 949,291 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC, 2 min 44 s after block 949,290. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,370 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 949,291 is number 1,772 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 244 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,709 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 26,413 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.