About block 954,498
Bitcoin block 954,498 was mined by AntPool on June 20, 2026 at 4:13 AM UTC, 1 min 27 s after block 954,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,645 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0076 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1326 BTC for this block.
Block 954,498 is number 931 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,085 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,502 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,656 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.