About block 955,656
Bitcoin block 955,656 was mined by AntPool on June 27, 2026 at 12:30 PM UTC, 10 min 48 s after block 955,655. 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 4,738 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 955,656 is number 73 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,344 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.