About block 951,043
Bitcoin block 951,043 was mined by AntPool on May 25, 2026 at 11:28 PM UTC, 25 min 29 s after block 951,042. 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 4,427 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 951,043 is number 1,508 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 508 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,957 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,496 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.