About block 956,983
Bitcoin block 956,983 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2026 at 2:53 AM UTC, 7 min 12 s after block 956,982. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,949 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0230 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1480 BTC for this block.
Block 956,983 is number 1,400 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 616 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,017 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,706 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.