About block 953,569
Bitcoin block 953,569 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, 1 min 46 s after block 953,568. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,541 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 953,569 is number 2 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 2,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,431 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 21,796 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.