About block 953,503
Bitcoin block 953,503 was mined by AntPool on June 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM UTC, 18 min 17 s after block 953,502. 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 4,389 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 953,503 is number 1,952 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 64 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,497 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 21,867 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.