About block 956,878
Bitcoin block 956,878 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 4:42 AM UTC, 5 min 39 s after block 956,877. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,967 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 956,878 is number 1,295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,122 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 17,878 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.