About block 953,979
Bitcoin block 953,979 was mined by Luxor on June 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 953,978. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,328 transactions in 1.45 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 953,979 is number 412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,021 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. Luxor found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,283 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.