About block 953,833
Bitcoin block 953,833 was mined by ViaBTC on June 15, 2026 at 8:49 PM UTC, 2 min 56 s after block 953,832. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,768 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 953,833 is number 266 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,750 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,167 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.