About block 953,176
Bitcoin block 953,176 was mined by AntPool on June 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM UTC, 40 seconds after block 953,175. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,871 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 953,176 is number 1,625 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 391 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,824 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 22,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.