About block 953,316
Bitcoin block 953,316 was mined by Foundry USA on June 12, 2026 at 2:53 AM UTC, 17 min 22 s after block 953,315. 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 3,427 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 953,316 is number 1,765 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 251 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,684 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. Foundry USA found 246 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,068 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.