About block 953,703
Bitcoin block 953,703 was mined by SECPOOL on June 14, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC, 26 min 18 s after block 953,702. 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 4,318 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% 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 0.0322 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1572 BTC for this block.
Block 953,703 is number 136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,297 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 21,576 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.