About block 956,540
Bitcoin block 956,540 was mined by AntPool on July 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM UTC, 6 min 46 s after block 956,539. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,341 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 956,540 is number 957 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,059 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,460 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 18,325 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.