About block 956,931
Bitcoin block 956,931 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 3:41 PM UTC, 8 min 10 s after block 956,930. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,464 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0329 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1579 BTC for this block.
Block 956,931 is number 1,348 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 668 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,069 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.