About block 953,573
Bitcoin block 953,573 was mined by SpiderPool on June 14, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 12 min 46 s after block 953,572. 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 3,716 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0356 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1606 BTC for this block.
Block 953,573 is number 6 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 2,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,427 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 21,792 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.