About block 953,179
Bitcoin block 953,179 was mined by ViaBTC on June 11, 2026 at 2:15 AM UTC, 9 min 2 s after block 953,178. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,554 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0174 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1424 BTC for this block.
Block 953,179 is number 1,628 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 388 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,821 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,217 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.