About block 955,942
Bitcoin block 955,942 was mined by AntPool on June 29, 2026 at 2:23 PM UTC, 7 min 29 s after block 955,941. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,392 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 955,942 is number 359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,058 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.