About block 951,297
Bitcoin block 951,297 was mined by AntPool on May 27, 2026 at 8:23 PM UTC, 3 min 0 s after block 951,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,550 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 951,297 is number 1,762 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 254 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,703 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 24,231 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.