About block 953,741
Bitcoin block 953,741 was mined by AntPool on June 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM UTC, 13 min 28 s after block 953,740. 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 4,026 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 953,741 is number 174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,259 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,535 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.