About block 949,682
Bitcoin block 949,682 was mined by AntPool on May 16, 2026 at 5:25 PM UTC, 8 min 43 s after block 949,681. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,684 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 949,682 is number 147 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,869 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,318 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 25,988 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.