About block 952,044
Bitcoin block 952,044 was mined by AntPool on June 1, 2026 at 11:34 PM UTC, 11 min 0 s after block 952,043. 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 3,763 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 952,044 is number 493 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,523 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,956 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.