About block 956,913
Bitcoin block 956,913 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM UTC, 18 min 19 s after block 956,912. 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 3,829 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% 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 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 956,913 is number 1,330 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 686 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,087 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 17,826 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.