About block 953,502
Bitcoin block 953,502 was mined by SECPOOL on June 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM UTC, 31 min 58 s after block 953,501. 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 4,530 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0542 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1792 BTC for this block.
Block 953,502 is number 1,951 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 65 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,498 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. SECPOOL found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,868 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.