About block 956,853
Bitcoin block 956,853 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC, 18 min 55 s after block 956,852. 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 3,503 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 956,853 is number 1,270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,147 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,914 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.