About block 956,464
Bitcoin block 956,464 was mined by AntPool on July 3, 2026 at 7:14 AM UTC, 2 min 43 s after block 956,463. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,392 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 956,464 is number 881 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,135 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,536 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,403 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.