About block 954,061
Bitcoin block 954,061 was mined by AntPool on June 17, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTC, 15 min 17 s after block 954,060. 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 4,671 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% 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 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 954,061 is number 494 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,522 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,939 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,190 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.