About block 956,922
Bitcoin block 956,922 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 1:50 PM UTC, 9 min 22 s after block 956,921. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,338 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 956,922 is number 1,339 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 677 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,078 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,809 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.