About block 953,399
Bitcoin block 953,399 was mined by SpiderPool on June 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM UTC, 27 min 7 s after block 953,398. 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 4,322 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0444 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1694 BTC for this block.
Block 953,399 is number 1,848 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 168 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,601 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 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,979 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.