About block 953,861
Bitcoin block 953,861 was mined by Foundry USA on June 15, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC, 1 min 12 s after block 953,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,371 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 953,861 is number 294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,139 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. Foundry USA found 248 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.