About block 953,646
Bitcoin block 953,646 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 2:44 PM UTC, 13 min 8 s after block 953,645. 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 5,048 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 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 953,646 is number 79 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,937 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,354 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 21,713 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.