About block 952,856
Bitcoin block 952,856 was mined by AntPool on June 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 952,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,243 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 952,856 is number 1,305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,144 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.