About block 949,948
Bitcoin block 949,948 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 1:30 PM UTC, 2 min 2 s after block 949,947. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,519 transactions in 1.87 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 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 949,948 is number 413 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,603 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,052 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 25,697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.