About block 953,609
Bitcoin block 953,609 was mined by Binance Pool on June 14, 2026 at 7:48 AM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 953,608. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,335 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 953,609 is number 42 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,974 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,391 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. Binance Pool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,751 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.