About block 955,259
Bitcoin block 955,259 was mined by AntPool on June 25, 2026 at 1:45 AM UTC, 15 min 23 s after block 955,258. 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 4,865 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 955,259 is number 1,692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,741 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,813 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.