About block 952,873
Bitcoin block 952,873 was mined by ViaBTC on June 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM UTC, 14 min 43 s after block 952,872. 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 4,023 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0424 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1674 BTC for this block.
Block 952,873 is number 1,322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,127 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,553 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.