About block 953,936
Bitcoin block 953,936 was mined by AntPool on June 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTC, 5 min 23 s after block 953,935. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,337 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 953,936 is number 369 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,647 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,064 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,328 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.