About block 956,651
Bitcoin block 956,651 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM UTC, 11 min 44 s after block 956,650. 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 4,785 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 956,651 is number 1,068 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,349 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 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,204 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.