About block 956,860
Bitcoin block 956,860 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM UTC, 4 min 40 s after block 956,859. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,432 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 956,860 is number 1,277 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 739 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,140 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 17,900 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.