About block 956,146
Bitcoin block 956,146 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC, 2 min 39 s after block 956,145. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,215 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 956,146 is number 563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,854 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 18,808 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.