About block 956,904
Bitcoin block 956,904 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 10:18 AM UTC, 23 min 35 s after block 956,903. 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 3,922 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0406 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1656 BTC for this block.
Block 956,904 is number 1,321 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 695 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,096 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,835 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.