About block 953,342
Bitcoin block 953,342 was mined by SpiderPool on June 12, 2026 at 8:23 AM UTC, 10 min 24 s after block 953,341. 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 4,425 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 953,342 is number 1,791 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 225 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,658 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. SpiderPool found 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,041 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.