About block 949,370
Bitcoin block 949,370 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM UTC, 17 min 47 s after block 949,369. 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 3,754 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 949,370 is number 1,851 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 165 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,630 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,328 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.