About block 953,169
Bitcoin block 953,169 was mined by AntPool on June 11, 2026 at 12:37 AM UTC, 3 min 10 s after block 953,168. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,565 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 953,169 is number 1,618 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 398 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,831 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,227 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.