About block 956,260
Bitcoin block 956,260 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 8:23 PM UTC, 17 min 37 s after block 956,259. 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 4,254 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0430 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1680 BTC for this block.
Block 956,260 is number 677 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,339 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,740 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 191 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.