About block 949,742
Bitcoin block 949,742 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 2:44 AM UTC, 11 min 11 s after block 949,741. 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 4,243 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 949,742 is number 207 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,809 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,258 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 25,925 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.