About block 951,831
Bitcoin block 951,831 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2026 at 9:30 AM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 951,830. 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 4,476 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 951,831 is number 280 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,736 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,169 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,663 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.