About block 953,018
Bitcoin block 953,018 was mined by AntPool on June 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM UTC, 23 min 47 s after block 953,017. 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 4,313 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 953,018 is number 1,467 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 549 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,982 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,393 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.