About block 953,603
Bitcoin block 953,603 was mined by Foundry USA on June 14, 2026 at 7:27 AM UTC, 29 min 4 s after block 953,602. 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 4,279 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0388 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1638 BTC for this block.
Block 953,603 is number 36 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,980 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,397 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. Foundry USA found 249 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,757 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.