About block 956,340
Bitcoin block 956,340 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 8 min 45 s after block 956,339. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,048 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 956,340 is number 757 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,259 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,660 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 18,532 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.