About block 953,538
Bitcoin block 953,538 was mined by SpiderPool on June 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM UTC, 28 seconds after block 953,537. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,319 transactions in 1.32 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 953,538 is number 1,987 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 472; 29 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 953,567. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,462 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. SpiderPool found 68 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,827 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.