About block 955,221
Bitcoin block 955,221 was mined by AntPool on June 24, 2026 at 8:21 PM UTC, 23 min 5 s after block 955,220. 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 3,994 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0663 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1913 BTC for this block.
Block 955,221 is number 1,654 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 362 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,779 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,852 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.