About block 953,846
Bitcoin block 953,846 was mined by SpiderPool on June 15, 2026 at 10:48 PM UTC, 8 min 25 s after block 953,845. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,529 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 953,846 is number 279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,154 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. SpiderPool found 68 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,422 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.