About block 953,890
Bitcoin block 953,890 was mined by AntPool on June 16, 2026 at 4:59 AM UTC, 2 min 5 s after block 953,889. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,331 transactions in 1.28 MB (99.9% 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 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 953,890 is number 323 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,693 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,110 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. AntPool found 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,378 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.