About block 953,003
Bitcoin block 953,003 was mined by SpiderPool on June 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM UTC, 31 min 16 s after block 953,002. 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 4,592 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0608 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1858 BTC for this block.
Block 953,003 is number 1,452 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 564 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,997 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. SpiderPool found 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,408 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.