About block 953,456
Bitcoin block 953,456 was mined by AntPool on June 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM UTC, 31 min 48 s after block 953,455. 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 3,910 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0412 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1662 BTC for this block.
Block 953,456 is number 1,905 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 111 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,544 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,920 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.