About block 949,538
Bitcoin block 949,538 was mined by AntPool on May 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 949,537. 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 4,203 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0529 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1779 BTC for this block.
Block 949,538 is number 3 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 2,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,462 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,147 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.