About block 953,850
Bitcoin block 953,850 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 15, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 953,849. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,943 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 953,850 is number 283 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,733 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,150 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,418 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.