About block 953,394
Bitcoin block 953,394 was mined by ViaBTC on June 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM UTC, 13 min 24 s after block 953,393. 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 4,250 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0465 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1715 BTC for this block.
Block 953,394 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,606 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.