About block 949,334
Bitcoin block 949,334 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 6:59 AM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 949,333. 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 2,974 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% 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 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 949,334 is number 1,815 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 201 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,666 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,367 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.