About block 953,701
Bitcoin block 953,701 was mined by Foundry USA on June 14, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC, 3 min 53 s after block 953,700. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,000 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 953,701 is number 134 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,882 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,299 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. Foundry USA found 247 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,578 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.