About block 949,829
Bitcoin block 949,829 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 4:26 PM UTC, 2 min 57 s after block 949,828. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,555 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 949,829 is number 294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,171 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 25,829 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.