About block 956,284
Bitcoin block 956,284 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 12:01 AM UTC, 6 min 49 s after block 956,283. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,630 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 956,284 is number 701 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,315 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,716 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 18,591 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.