About block 955,596
Bitcoin block 955,596 was mined by AntPool on June 27, 2026 at 3:40 AM UTC, 15 min 51 s after block 955,595. 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 4,281 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 955,596 is number 13 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 2,003 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,404 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 191 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,456 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.