About block 953,004
Bitcoin block 953,004 was mined by SECPOOL on June 9, 2026 at 7:44 PM UTC, 20 min 27 s after block 953,003. 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 4,255 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0495 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1745 BTC for this block.
Block 953,004 is number 1,453 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 563 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,996 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. SECPOOL found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.