About block 954,222
Bitcoin block 954,222 was mined by AntPool on June 18, 2026 at 10:03 AM UTC, 35 min 49 s after block 954,221. 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 4,630 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0472 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1722 BTC for this block.
Block 954,222 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,778 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 21,011 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.