About block 954,551
Bitcoin block 954,551 was mined by AntPool on June 20, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC, 19 min 49 s after block 954,550. 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 4,629 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 954,551 is number 984 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,032 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,449 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 189 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,598 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.