About block 949,561
Bitcoin block 949,561 was mined by AntPool on May 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM UTC, 3 min 29 s after block 949,560. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,902 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 949,561 is number 26 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,990 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,439 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.