About block 953,263
Bitcoin block 953,263 was mined by ViaBTC on June 11, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 953,262. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,457 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 953,263 is number 1,712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,737 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,128 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.