About block 949,691
Bitcoin block 949,691 was mined by AntPool on May 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM UTC, 18 min 41 s after block 949,690. 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 3,790 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 949,691 is number 156 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,860 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,309 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 25,979 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.