About block 956,573
Bitcoin block 956,573 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM UTC, 17 min 30 s after block 956,572. 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 3,816 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 956,573 is number 990 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,026 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,427 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 18,289 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.