About block 953,245
Bitcoin block 953,245 was mined by AntPool on June 11, 2026 at 12:57 PM UTC, 5 min 24 s after block 953,244. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,996 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0128 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1378 BTC for this block.
Block 953,245 is number 1,694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,755 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 22,146 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.