About block 953,197
Bitcoin block 953,197 was mined by SECPOOL on June 11, 2026 at 6:20 AM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 953,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,487 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 953,197 is number 1,646 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 370 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,803 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,196 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.