About block 956,268
Bitcoin block 956,268 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 2 min 49 s after block 956,267. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,090 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 956,268 is number 685 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,331 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,732 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 18,610 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.