About block 956,295
Bitcoin block 956,295 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 1:58 AM UTC, 53 min 17 s after block 956,294. 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 3,790 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0592 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1842 BTC for this block.
Block 956,295 is number 712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,705 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 18,578 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.