About block 953,588
Bitcoin block 953,588 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 8 min 12 s after block 953,587. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,570 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 953,588 is number 21 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,995 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,412 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 21,774 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.