About block 951,494
Bitcoin block 951,494 was mined by AntPool on May 29, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC, 5 min 35 s after block 951,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,171 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 951,494 is number 1,959 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 57 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,506 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 24,026 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.