About block 949,978
Bitcoin block 949,978 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 7:20 PM UTC, 6 min 56 s after block 949,977. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,107 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 949,978 is number 443 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,573 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,022 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 25,664 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.