About block 956,314
Bitcoin block 956,314 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 5:14 AM UTC, 21 seconds after block 956,313. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 68 transactions in 1.00 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 956,314 is number 731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,686 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 18,559 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.