About block 953,653
Bitcoin block 953,653 was mined by SECPOOL on June 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM UTC, 14 min 23 s after block 953,652. 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 4,074 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0332 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1582 BTC for this block.
Block 953,653 is number 86 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,930 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,347 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. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,628 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.