About block 953,598
Bitcoin block 953,598 was mined by F2Pool on June 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM UTC, 11 min 31 s after block 953,597. 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 4,341 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 953,598 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,402 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. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,763 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.