About block 953,997
Bitcoin block 953,997 was mined by F2Pool on June 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM UTC, 3 min 22 s after block 953,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,140 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 953,997 is number 430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 96,003 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. F2Pool found 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,261 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.