About block 952,986
Bitcoin block 952,986 was mined by AntPool on June 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM UTC, 12 min 20 s after block 952,985. 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 4,199 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 952,986 is number 1,435 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 581 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,014 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,428 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.