About block 951,158
Bitcoin block 951,158 was mined by AntPool on May 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 951,157. 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 3,521 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 951,158 is number 1,623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,842 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,377 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.