About block 956,987
Bitcoin block 956,987 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2026 at 3:11 AM UTC, 0 seconds after block 956,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,660 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 956,987 is number 1,404 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 612 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,013 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 17,702 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.