About block 951,849
Bitcoin block 951,849 was mined by AntPool on May 31, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC, 1 min 21 s after block 951,848. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,911 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0059 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1309 BTC for this block.
Block 951,849 is number 298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,151 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 23,644 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.