About block 953,837
Bitcoin block 953,837 was mined by ViaBTC on June 15, 2026 at 9:14 PM UTC, 12 min 41 s after block 953,836. 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 4,655 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 953,837 is number 270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,163 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 21,431 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.