About block 956,848
Bitcoin block 956,848 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC, 15 min 11 s after block 956,847. 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 3,195 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 956,848 is number 1,265 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 751 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,152 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 17,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.