About block 953,351
Bitcoin block 953,351 was mined by AntPool on June 12, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC, 6 min 49 s after block 953,350. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,292 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 953,351 is number 1,800 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 216 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,649 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 22,031 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.