About block 953,340
Bitcoin block 953,340 was mined by AntPool on June 12, 2026 at 8:10 AM UTC, 8 min 59 s after block 953,339. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,694 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 953,340 is number 1,789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,660 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. AntPool found 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,043 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.