About block 953,572
Bitcoin block 953,572 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 1:21 AM UTC, 48 min 31 s after block 953,571. 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 3,625 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0595 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1845 BTC for this block.
Block 953,572 is number 5 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 2,011 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,428 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,793 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.