About block 954,198
Bitcoin block 954,198 was mined by ULTIMUSPOOL on June 18, 2026 at 6:50 AM UTC, 38 min 20 s after block 954,197. 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 4,283 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0469 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ULTIMUSPOOL earned 3.1719 BTC for this block.
Block 954,198 is number 631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,802 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. ULTIMUSPOOL found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,040 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.