About block 952,297
Bitcoin block 952,297 was mined by AntPool on June 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM UTC, 17 min 11 s after block 952,296. 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 3,579 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 952,297 is number 746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 1,270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,703 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 23,161 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.