About block 949,842
Bitcoin block 949,842 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM UTC, 8 min 44 s after block 949,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,884 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% 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 0.0135 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1385 BTC for this block.
Block 949,842 is number 307 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,709 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,158 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 25,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.