About block 953,073
Bitcoin block 953,073 was mined by AntPool on June 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM UTC, 8 min 21 s after block 953,072. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,937 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 953,073 is number 1,522 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 494 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,927 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,334 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.