About block 954,563
Bitcoin block 954,563 was mined by AntPool on June 20, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC, 23 min 7 s after block 954,562. 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 4,907 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 954,563 is number 996 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 1,020 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,437 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 20,586 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.