About block 954,098
Bitcoin block 954,098 was mined by ViaBTC on June 17, 2026 at 1:16 PM UTC, 2 min 58 s after block 954,097. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,503 transactions in 1.64 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 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 954,098 is number 531 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,485 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,902 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,150 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.