About block 953,823
Bitcoin block 953,823 was mined by SpiderPool on June 15, 2026 at 7:09 PM UTC, 26 min 4 s after block 953,822. 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 3,822 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0539 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1789 BTC for this block.
Block 953,823 is number 256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,177 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. SpiderPool found 68 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,446 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.