About block 956,204
Bitcoin block 956,204 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC, 10 min 22 s after block 956,203. 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 5,193 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 956,204 is number 621 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,395 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,796 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.