About block 951,098
Bitcoin block 951,098 was mined by AntPool on May 26, 2026 at 8:04 AM UTC, 15 min 49 s after block 951,097. 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 4,489 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 951,098 is number 1,563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,902 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 24,439 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.