About block 953,888
Bitcoin block 953,888 was mined by ViaBTC on June 16, 2026 at 4:55 AM UTC, 7 min 54 s after block 953,887. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,863 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 953,888 is number 321 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,695 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,112 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,380 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.