About block 952,953
Bitcoin block 952,953 was mined by AntPool on June 9, 2026 at 9:18 AM UTC, 6 min 0 s after block 952,952. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,117 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 952,953 is number 1,402 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 614 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,047 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,464 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.