About block 953,571
Bitcoin block 953,571 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 12:32 AM UTC, 7 min 3 s after block 953,570. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,799 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 953,571 is number 4 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 2,012 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,429 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. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.