About block 953,508
Bitcoin block 953,508 was mined by ViaBTC on June 13, 2026 at 12:19 PM UTC, 42 min 41 s after block 953,507. 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 4,577 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0485 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1735 BTC for this block.
Block 953,508 is number 1,957 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 59 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,492 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.