About block 955,896
Bitcoin block 955,896 was mined by AntPool on June 29, 2026 at 6:35 AM UTC, 21 min 3 s after block 955,895. 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 4,178 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 955,896 is number 313 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,703 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,104 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,084 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.