About block 953,604
Bitcoin block 953,604 was mined by SECPOOL on June 14, 2026 at 7:29 AM UTC, 1 min 59 s after block 953,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,766 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 953,604 is number 37 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,979 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,396 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,756 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.