About block 953,636
Bitcoin block 953,636 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 7 min 8 s after block 953,635. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,218 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 953,636 is number 69 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,947 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,364 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,724 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.