About block 956,661
Bitcoin block 956,661 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM UTC, 7 min 6 s after block 956,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,627 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% 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 0.0141 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1391 BTC for this block.
Block 956,661 is number 1,078 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 938 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,339 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 18,194 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.