About block 956,953
Bitcoin block 956,953 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 10:30 PM UTC, 112 min 26 s after block 956,952. 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 3,373 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 14.00 sat/vB, up from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.2348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.3598 BTC for this block.
Block 956,953 is number 1,370 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 646 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,047 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,752 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.