About block 953,739
Bitcoin block 953,739 was mined by SpiderPool on June 15, 2026 at 4:28 AM UTC, 26 min 59 s after block 953,738. 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 3,918 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0342 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1592 BTC for this block.
Block 953,739 is number 172 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,844 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,261 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 21,537 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.