About block 949,731
Bitcoin block 949,731 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM UTC, 32 min 59 s after block 949,730. 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 3,935 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% 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 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 949,731 is number 196 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,820 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,269 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 25,937 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.