About block 952,973
Bitcoin block 952,973 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 9, 2026 at 1:21 PM UTC, 2 min 14 s after block 952,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,999 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 952,973 is number 1,422 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 594 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,027 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.