About block 953,981
Bitcoin block 953,981 was mined by F2Pool on June 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM UTC, 11 min 57 s after block 953,980. 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 5,035 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0247 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1497 BTC for this block.
Block 953,981 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,019 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. F2Pool found 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,281 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.