About block 954,297
Bitcoin block 954,297 was mined by AntPool on June 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM UTC, 3 min 1 s after block 954,296. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,731 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 954,297 is number 730 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,286 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,703 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 189 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,932 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.