About block 953,852
Bitcoin block 953,852 was mined by AntPool on June 15, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC, 6 min 27 s after block 953,851. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,128 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 953,852 is number 285 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,731 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,148 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,416 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.