About block 953,661
Bitcoin block 953,661 was mined by SpiderPool on June 14, 2026 at 5:21 PM UTC, 1 min 36 s after block 953,660. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,765 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0098 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1348 BTC for this block.
Block 953,661 is number 94 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,922 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,339 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 66 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.