About block 956,303
Bitcoin block 956,303 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 3:43 AM UTC, 13 min 18 s after block 956,302. 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 3,949 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 956,303 is number 720 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,296 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,697 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 18,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.