About block 953,471
Bitcoin block 953,471 was mined by ViaBTC on June 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM UTC, 5 min 0 s after block 953,470. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,595 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 953,471 is number 1,920 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 96 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,529 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 21,901 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.