About block 953,955
Bitcoin block 953,955 was mined by SpiderPool on June 16, 2026 at 2:29 PM UTC, 11 min 16 s after block 953,954. 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 5,175 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 953,955 is number 388 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,628 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,045 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. SpiderPool found 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.