About block 949,844
Bitcoin block 949,844 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM UTC, 1 min 16 s after block 949,843. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,474 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 949,844 is number 309 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,707 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,156 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 25,813 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.