About block 956,998
It confirmed 4,936 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 956,998 is number 1,415 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 601 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,002 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17,689 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.