About block 953,005
Bitcoin block 953,005 was mined by SpiderPool on June 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM UTC, 25 min 23 s after block 953,004. 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 4,422 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0445 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1695 BTC for this block.
Block 953,005 is number 1,454 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 562 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,995 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. SpiderPool found 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,406 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.