About block 956,721
Bitcoin block 956,721 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC, 13 min 41 s after block 956,720. 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 5,323 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 956,721 is number 1,138 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 878 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,279 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 18,109 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.