About block 953,436
Bitcoin block 953,436 was mined by ViaBTC on June 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM UTC, 2 min 41 s after block 953,435. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,213 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 953,436 is number 1,885 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 131 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,564 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 21,940 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.