About block 954,046
Bitcoin block 954,046 was mined by ViaBTC on June 17, 2026 at 4:53 AM UTC, 28 min 16 s after block 954,045. 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 4,484 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0310 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1560 BTC for this block.
Block 954,046 is number 479 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,537 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,954 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,208 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.