About block 956,048
Bitcoin block 956,048 was mined by AntPool on June 30, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTC, 12 min 47 s after block 956,047. 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 4,082 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 956,048 is number 465 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,551 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,952 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 18,914 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.