About block 956,273
Bitcoin block 956,273 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM UTC, 15 min 12 s after block 956,272. 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 3,834 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 956,273 is number 690 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,326 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,727 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 18,605 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.