About block 956,386
Bitcoin block 956,386 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2026 at 6:54 PM UTC, 19 min 4 s after block 956,385. 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 3,652 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0642 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1892 BTC for this block.
Block 956,386 is number 803 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,213 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,614 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 18,485 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.