About block 956,275
Bitcoin block 956,275 was mined by AntPool on July 1, 2026 at 10:42 PM UTC, 10 min 47 s after block 956,274. 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 4,404 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 956,275 is number 692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,725 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 18,603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.