About block 953,731
Bitcoin block 953,731 was mined by SpiderPool on June 15, 2026 at 3:07 AM UTC, 19 min 52 s after block 953,730. 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 2,999 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 953,731 is number 164 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,852 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,269 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. SpiderPool found 67 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,545 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.