About block 952,242
Bitcoin block 952,242 was mined by ViaBTC on June 3, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 1 min 24 s after block 952,241. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,323 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 952,242 is number 691 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,325 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,758 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. ViaBTC found 90 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,222 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.