About block 956,793
Bitcoin block 956,793 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM UTC, 12 min 42 s after block 956,792. 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 3,544 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 956,793 is number 1,210 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 806 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,207 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 18,010 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.