About block 951,699
Bitcoin block 951,699 was mined by AntPool on May 30, 2026 at 11:20 AM UTC, 23 min 56 s after block 951,698. 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 4,880 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0285 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1535 BTC for this block.
Block 951,699 is number 148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,301 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,809 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.