About block 953,740
Bitcoin block 953,740 was mined by Luxor on June 15, 2026 at 4:31 AM UTC, 3 min 3 s after block 953,739. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,487 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 953,740 is number 173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,260 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Luxor found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,536 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.