About block 953,256
Bitcoin block 953,256 was mined by SECPOOL on June 11, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 7 min 41 s after block 953,255. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,351 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0376 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1626 BTC for this block.
Block 953,256 is number 1,705 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 311 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,744 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. SECPOOL found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,135 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.