About block 953,497
Bitcoin block 953,497 was mined by AntPool on June 13, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC, 20 min 57 s after block 953,496. 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 4,611 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 953,497 is number 1,946 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 70 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,503 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 21,873 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.