About block 952,996
Bitcoin block 952,996 was mined by AntPool on June 9, 2026 at 5:50 PM UTC, 20 min 59 s after block 952,995. 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 4,386 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0532 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1782 BTC for this block.
Block 952,996 is number 1,445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 97,004 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 22,417 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.