About block 953,253
Bitcoin block 953,253 was mined by OCEAN on June 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM UTC, 26 min 33 s after block 953,252. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,023 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0535 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1785 BTC for this block.
Block 953,253 is number 1,702 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 314 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,747 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. OCEAN found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,138 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.