About block 949,406
Bitcoin block 949,406 was mined by AntPool on May 14, 2026 at 6:21 PM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 949,405. 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 3,210 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 949,406 is number 1,887 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 129 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,594 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 26,290 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.