About block 952,246
Bitcoin block 952,246 was mined by AntPool on June 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM UTC, 12 min 48 s after block 952,245. 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 4,097 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, down from 7.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0774 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2024 BTC for this block.
Block 952,246 is number 695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,754 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 23,218 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.