About block 953,298
Bitcoin block 953,298 was mined by CloverPool on June 12, 2026 at 12:38 AM UTC, 4 min 9 s after block 953,297. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,610 transactions in 1.21 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, CloverPool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 953,298 is number 1,747 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 269 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,702 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. CloverPool found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,090 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.