About block 954,444
Bitcoin block 954,444 was mined by AntPool on June 19, 2026 at 8:27 PM UTC, 11 min 59 s after block 954,443. 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 4,839 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 954,444 is number 877 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,139 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,556 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,715 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.