About block 953,672
Bitcoin block 953,672 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 6:44 PM UTC, 28 min 2 s after block 953,671. 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 4,463 transactions in 1.52 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 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 953,672 is number 105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,328 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.