About block 953,865
Bitcoin block 953,865 was mined by SECPOOL on June 16, 2026 at 12:37 AM UTC, 6 min 53 s after block 953,864. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,391 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% 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 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 953,865 is number 298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,135 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,403 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.