About block 953,273
Bitcoin block 953,273 was mined by ViaBTC on June 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM UTC, 5 min 44 s after block 953,272. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,946 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 953,273 is number 1,722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,727 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,117 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.