About block 949,972
It confirmed 3,842 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 949,972 is number 437 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,579 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,028 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 25,670 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.