About block 956,805
Bitcoin block 956,805 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM UTC, 11 min 12 s after block 956,804. 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 3,925 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 956,805 is number 1,222 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 794 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,195 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 17,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.