About block 949,369
Bitcoin block 949,369 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 1:57 PM UTC, 1 min 39 s after block 949,368. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,852 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0058 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1308 BTC for this block.
Block 949,369 is number 1,850 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 166 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,631 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,329 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.