About block 951,053
Bitcoin block 951,053 was mined by AntPool on May 26, 2026 at 1:15 AM UTC, 1 min 47 s after block 951,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,755 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 951,053 is number 1,518 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 498 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,947 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,486 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.