About block 954,556
Bitcoin block 954,556 was mined by ViaBTC on June 20, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC, 3 min 55 s after block 954,555. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,623 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 954,556 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,444 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. ViaBTC found 93 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,593 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.