About block 953,500
Bitcoin block 953,500 was mined by F2Pool on June 13, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC, 29 min 1 s after block 953,499. 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 4,301 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 953,500 is number 1,949 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 67 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,500 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,870 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.