About block 956,954
Bitcoin block 956,954 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 956,953. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,523 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 11.00 sat/vB, down from 14.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2450 BTC for this block.
Block 956,954 is number 1,371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,046 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 17,751 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.