About block 956,662
Bitcoin block 956,662 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM UTC, 12 min 9 s after block 956,661. 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 4,914 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 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 956,662 is number 1,079 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 937 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,338 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 18,193 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.