About block 955,842
Bitcoin block 955,842 was mined by AntPool on June 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 955,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,245 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 955,842 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,158 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.