About block 949,656
Bitcoin block 949,656 was mined by AntPool on May 16, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC, 8 min 7 s after block 949,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,480 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 949,656 is number 121 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,895 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,344 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 26,016 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.