About block 951,573
Bitcoin block 951,573 was mined by AntPool on May 29, 2026 at 1:14 PM UTC, 5 min 56 s after block 951,572. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,456 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0146 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1396 BTC for this block.
Block 951,573 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,427 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 23,944 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.