About block 956,791
Bitcoin block 956,791 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM UTC, 10 min 8 s after block 956,790. 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 5,034 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 956,791 is number 1,208 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 808 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,209 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 18,012 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.