About block 956,938
Bitcoin block 956,938 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM UTC, 1 min 27 s after block 956,937. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,014 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 956,938 is number 1,355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,062 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 17,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.