About block 953,643
Bitcoin block 953,643 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 953,642. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,494 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 953,643 is number 76 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,940 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,357 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. AntPool found 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,716 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.