About block 953,685
Bitcoin block 953,685 was mined by ViaBTC on June 14, 2026 at 8:14 PM UTC, 22 min 26 s after block 953,684. 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 4,388 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 953,685 is number 118 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,898 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,315 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.