About block 956,646
Bitcoin block 956,646 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 12:29 PM UTC, 33 min 33 s after block 956,645. 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 4,630 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 956,646 is number 1,063 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,354 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,209 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.