Why does the block explorer show 5956 block?
So pow isn't over? Just a tad bit misleading.

PoW is not over, PoW ends after the 5000th PoW Blocks, you can use the getinfo command to keep track of the number of PoW blocks leftgetinfo
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"version" : "v1.0.0.0-g32a928e",
"protocolversion" : 60014,
"walletversion" : 60000,
"balance" : 0.00000000,
"newmint" : 0.00000000,
"stake" : 0.00000000,
"blocks" : 5996,
"powblocks" : 3385,
"powblocksleft" : 1615,
"timeoffset" : -2,
"connections" : 19,
"proxy" : "",
"ip" : "82.118.242.176",
"difficulty" : {
"proof-of-work" : 1232.28086203,
"proof-of-stake" : 0.00547808
},
"testnet" : false,
"keypoololdest" : 1412406303,
"keypoolsize" : 101,
"paytxfee" : 0.00010000,
"mininput" : 0.00000000,
"errors" : ""
}
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