About block 952,253
Bitcoin block 952,253 was mined by AntPool on June 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 48 min 35 s after block 952,252. 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 3,977 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1033 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2283 BTC for this block.
Block 952,253 is number 702 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,314 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,747 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 23,210 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.