About block 954,604
Bitcoin block 954,604 was mined by AntPool on June 20, 2026 at 9:57 PM UTC, 9 min 19 s after block 954,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,831 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 954,604 is number 1,037 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 979 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,396 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 20,542 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.