About block 951,559
Bitcoin block 951,559 was mined by AntPool on May 29, 2026 at 11:34 AM UTC, 17 min 45 s after block 951,558. 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 4,751 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0298 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1548 BTC for this block.
Block 951,559 is number 8 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 2,008 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,441 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 23,958 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.