About block 953,421
Bitcoin block 953,421 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM UTC, 18 min 0 s after block 953,420. 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 3,233 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0484 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1734 BTC for this block.
Block 953,421 is number 1,870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,579 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,955 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.