About block 949,781
Bitcoin block 949,781 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC, 56 seconds after block 949,780. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,165 transactions in 1.75 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 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 949,781 is number 246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,219 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 25,882 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.