About block 953,963
Bitcoin block 953,963 was mined by SpiderPool on June 16, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC, 8 min 46 s after block 953,962. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,436 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 953,963 is number 396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,037 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. SpiderPool found 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.