About block 953,494
Bitcoin block 953,494 was mined by SpiderPool on June 13, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 953,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,356 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 953,494 is number 1,943 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 73 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,506 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. SpiderPool found 68 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,877 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.