About block 951,444
Bitcoin block 951,444 was mined by AntPool on May 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 951,443. 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 4,505 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0410 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1660 BTC for this block.
Block 951,444 is number 1,909 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 107 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,556 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 24,080 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.