About block 953,709
Bitcoin block 953,709 was mined by SpiderPool on June 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM UTC, 5 min 58 s after block 953,708. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,603 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 953,709 is number 142 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,874 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,291 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. SpiderPool found 66 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.