About block 949,379
Bitcoin block 949,379 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC, 4 min 47 s after block 949,378. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,066 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 949,379 is number 1,860 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 156 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,621 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 26,319 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.