About block 949,477
Bitcoin block 949,477 was mined by AntPool on May 15, 2026 at 7:31 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 949,476. 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 2,882 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0259 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1509 BTC for this block.
Block 949,477 is number 1,958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 470; 58 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 949,535. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,523 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 26,216 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.