About block 953,848
Bitcoin block 953,848 was mined by ViaBTC on June 15, 2026 at 10:54 PM UTC, 3 min 37 s after block 953,847. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,137 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 953,848 is number 281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,152 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,420 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.