About block 955,970
Bitcoin block 955,970 was mined by AntPool on June 29, 2026 at 7:50 PM UTC, 46 min 52 s after block 955,969. 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 3,885 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0881 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2131 BTC for this block.
Block 955,970 is number 387 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,629 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 94,030 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,999 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.