About block 954,221
Bitcoin block 954,221 was mined by AntPool on June 18, 2026 at 9:27 AM UTC, 2 min 12 s after block 954,220. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,359 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 954,221 is number 654 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,362 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,779 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. AntPool found 190 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 21,012 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.