About block 949,688
Bitcoin block 949,688 was mined by AntPool on May 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM UTC, 23 min 4 s after block 949,687. 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 3,928 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0513 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1763 BTC for this block.
Block 949,688 is number 153 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,863 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,312 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 25,982 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.