About block 953,363
Bitcoin block 953,363 was mined by AntPool on June 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC, 12 min 1 s after block 953,362. 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 4,538 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 953,363 is number 1,812 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 204 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,637 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 22,019 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.