About block 956,446
Bitcoin block 956,446 was mined by AntPool on July 3, 2026 at 4:42 AM UTC, 10 min 32 s after block 956,445. 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 4,329 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 956,446 is number 863 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,153 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,554 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 18,421 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.