About block 953,838
Bitcoin block 953,838 was mined by ViaBTC on June 15, 2026 at 9:58 PM UTC, 44 min 38 s after block 953,837. 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 3,784 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0713 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1963 BTC for this block.
Block 953,838 is number 271 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,745 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,162 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 21,430 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.