About block 951,274
Bitcoin block 951,274 was mined by AntPool on May 27, 2026 at 3:47 PM UTC, 16 min 51 s after block 951,273. 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 3,598 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0355 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1605 BTC for this block.
Block 951,274 is number 1,739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,726 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,256 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.