About block 952,962
Bitcoin block 952,962 was mined by AntPool on June 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 69 min 55 s after block 952,961. 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 4,545 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0747 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1997 BTC for this block.
Block 952,962 is number 1,411 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 605 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,038 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 22,454 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.