About block 953,862
Bitcoin block 953,862 was mined by ViaBTC on June 16, 2026 at 12:15 AM UTC, 19 min 1 s after block 953,861. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 4,750 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 953,862 is number 295 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,721 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,138 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 21,406 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.