About block 953,163
Bitcoin block 953,163 was mined by SpiderPool on June 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 1 min 47 s after block 953,162. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,340 transactions in 2.05 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 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 953,163 is number 1,612 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 404 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,837 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 22,233 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.