About block 952,968
Bitcoin block 952,968 was mined by ViaBTC on June 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM UTC, 14 min 5 s after block 952,967. 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 4,416 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0313 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1563 BTC for this block.
Block 952,968 is number 1,417 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 599 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,032 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 22,447 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.