About block 953,639
Bitcoin block 953,639 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTC, 12 min 29 s after block 953,638. 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 4,875 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 953,639 is number 72 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,944 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,361 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,720 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.