About block 953,640
Bitcoin block 953,640 was mined by SpiderPool on June 14, 2026 at 1:47 PM UTC, 24 min 46 s after block 953,639. 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 3,811 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 953,640 is number 73 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,360 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. SpiderPool found 68 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,719 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.