About block 951,974
Bitcoin block 951,974 was mined by AntPool on June 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC, 19 min 8 s after block 951,973. 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 4,544 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0283 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1533 BTC for this block.
Block 951,974 is number 423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,026 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,508 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.