About block 953,453
Bitcoin block 953,453 was mined by ViaBTC on June 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM UTC, 2 min 7 s after block 953,452. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,015 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0171 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1421 BTC for this block.
Block 953,453 is number 1,902 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 114 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,547 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,923 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.