About block 949,936
Bitcoin block 949,936 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 11:13 AM UTC, 20 min 57 s after block 949,935. 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 3,813 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0252 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1502 BTC for this block.
Block 949,936 is number 401 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,615 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,064 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 25,710 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.