About block 953,863
Bitcoin block 953,863 was mined by Luxor on June 16, 2026 at 12:27 AM UTC, 11 min 10 s after block 953,862. 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 4,532 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 953,863 is number 296 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,720 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,137 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. Luxor found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,405 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.