About block 956,154
Bitcoin block 956,154 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 2:32 AM UTC, 16 min 0 s after block 956,153. 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 3,740 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 956,154 is number 571 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,445 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,846 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,733 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.