About block 949,563
Bitcoin block 949,563 was mined by AntPool on May 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM UTC, 10 min 18 s after block 949,562. 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 4,193 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 949,563 is number 28 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,988 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,437 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 26,119 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.