About block 954,309
Bitcoin block 954,309 was mined by AntPool on June 18, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 15 min 2 s after block 954,308. 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 4,390 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 954,309 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,691 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 20,919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.