About block 956,493
Bitcoin block 956,493 was mined by AntPool on July 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC, 7 min 28 s after block 956,492. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,597 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 956,493 is number 910 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,106 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,507 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 18,374 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.