About block 949,999
Bitcoin block 949,999 was mined by AntPool on May 18, 2026 at 9:51 PM UTC, 3 min 9 s after block 949,998. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,990 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 949,999 is number 464 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 1,552 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 100,001 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25,641 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.