About block 953,438
Bitcoin block 953,438 was mined by AntPool on June 12, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC, 4 min 23 s after block 953,437. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,263 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0133 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1383 BTC for this block.
Block 953,438 is number 1,887 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 129 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,562 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 21,938 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.