About block 953,973
Bitcoin block 953,973 was mined by SpiderPool on June 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC, 5 min 57 s after block 953,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,368 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0182 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1432 BTC for this block.
Block 953,973 is number 406 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,610 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,027 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 21,289 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.