About block 955,042
Bitcoin block 955,042 was mined by AntPool on June 23, 2026 at 6:38 PM UTC, 16 min 38 s after block 955,041. 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 4,294 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 955,042 is number 1,475 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 541 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,958 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 184 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.