About block 953,698
Bitcoin block 953,698 was mined by SECPOOL on June 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM UTC, 6 min 36 s after block 953,697. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,805 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 953,698 is number 131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,302 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 21,581 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.