About block 956,010
Bitcoin block 956,010 was mined by AntPool on June 30, 2026 at 3:04 AM UTC, 9 min 35 s after block 956,009. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,001 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 956,010 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,990 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,954 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.