About block 956,840
Bitcoin block 956,840 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM UTC, 27 min 43 s after block 956,839. 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 4,309 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0255 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1505 BTC for this block.
Block 956,840 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,160 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,933 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.