About block 953,756
Bitcoin block 953,756 was mined by AntPool on June 15, 2026 at 6:57 AM UTC, 8 min 57 s after block 953,755. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,078 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 953,756 is number 189 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,827 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,244 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. AntPool found 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.