About block 956,251
Bitcoin block 956,251 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM UTC, 1 min 11 s after block 956,250. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,451 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0095 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1345 BTC for this block.
Block 956,251 is number 668 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,348 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,749 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 191 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.