About block 956,031
Bitcoin block 956,031 was mined by AntPool on June 30, 2026 at 6:03 AM UTC, 1 min 59 s after block 956,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,815 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 956,031 is number 448 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,568 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,969 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 18,932 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.