About block 952,243
Bitcoin block 952,243 was mined by SpiderPool on June 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM UTC, 13 min 16 s after block 952,242. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,708 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0457 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1707 BTC for this block.
Block 952,243 is number 692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,757 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. SpiderPool found 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,221 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.