About block 956,438
Bitcoin block 956,438 was mined by AntPool on July 3, 2026 at 3:28 AM UTC, 2 min 57 s after block 956,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,645 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 956,438 is number 855 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,161 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,562 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,429 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.