About block 953,218
It confirmed 4,688 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 953,218 is number 1,667 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 349 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,782 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,175 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.