About block 951,689
Bitcoin block 951,689 was mined by AntPool on May 30, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC, 18 min 6 s after block 951,688. 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 4,309 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0227 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1477 BTC for this block.
Block 951,689 is number 138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,311 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,819 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.