About block 953,618
Bitcoin block 953,618 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 9:16 AM UTC, 15 min 25 s after block 953,617. 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 4,790 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 953,618 is number 51 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,382 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 21,742 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.