About block 953,589
Bitcoin block 953,589 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTC, 9 min 1 s after block 953,588. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,307 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 953,589 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,411 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,773 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.