About block 949,600
Bitcoin block 949,600 was mined by AntPool on May 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC, 2 min 47 s after block 949,599. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,777 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 949,600 is number 65 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,951 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,400 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 26,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.