About block 956,074
Bitcoin block 956,074 was mined by AntPool on June 30, 2026 at 1:28 PM UTC, 16 min 54 s after block 956,073. 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 3,963 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0454 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1704 BTC for this block.
Block 956,074 is number 491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,926 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,884 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.