About block 953,938
Bitcoin block 953,938 was mined by OCEAN on June 16, 2026 at 11:35 AM UTC, 3 min 48 s after block 953,937. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,416 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0118 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1368 BTC for this block.
Block 953,938 is number 371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,062 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,326 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.