About block 953,683
Bitcoin block 953,683 was mined by AntPool on June 14, 2026 at 7:48 PM UTC, 15 min 47 s after block 953,682. 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 5,134 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 953,683 is number 116 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,900 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,317 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.