About block 953,898
Bitcoin block 953,898 was mined by AntPool on June 16, 2026 at 6:33 AM UTC, 22 min 16 s after block 953,897. 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 4,674 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 953,898 is number 331 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,685 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,102 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 21,370 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.