About block 953,001
Bitcoin block 953,001 was mined by OCEAN on June 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM UTC, 8 min 27 s after block 953,000. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,452 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 953,001 is number 1,450 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 566 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,999 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. OCEAN found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,412 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.