About block 954,196
Bitcoin block 954,196 was mined by ViaBTC on June 18, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC, 7 min 51 s after block 954,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,921 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 954,196 is number 629 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,387 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,804 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 21,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.