About block 949,861
Bitcoin block 949,861 was mined by AntPool on May 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 949,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,781 transactions in 2.10 MB (99.9% 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 0.0082 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1332 BTC for this block.
Block 949,861 is number 326 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,690 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,139 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 25,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.