About block 951,488
Bitcoin block 951,488 was mined by AntPool on May 29, 2026 at 12:12 AM UTC, 21 min 50 s after block 951,487. 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 4,370 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 951,488 is number 1,953 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 63 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,512 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 24,035 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.