About block 949,897
Bitcoin block 949,897 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 5:24 AM UTC, 17 min 50 s after block 949,896. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,793 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 949,897 is number 362 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,654 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,103 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 25,752 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.