About block 951,227
Bitcoin block 951,227 was mined by AntPool on May 27, 2026 at 7:58 AM UTC, 12 min 55 s after block 951,226. 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 3,918 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 951,227 is number 1,692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,773 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 24,304 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.