About block 953,809
Bitcoin block 953,809 was mined by ViaBTC on June 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 9 min 31 s after block 953,808. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,003 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0405 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1655 BTC for this block.
Block 953,809 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,191 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,464 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.