About block 953,806
Bitcoin block 953,806 was mined by AntPool on June 15, 2026 at 4:38 PM UTC, 2 min 7 s after block 953,805. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,896 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0501 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1751 BTC for this block.
Block 953,806 is number 239 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,777 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,194 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 21,469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.