About block 956,626
Bitcoin block 956,626 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 8:08 AM UTC, 3 min 54 s after block 956,625. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,223 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0082 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1332 BTC for this block.
Block 956,626 is number 1,043 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,374 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 18,232 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.