About block 954,685
Bitcoin block 954,685 was mined by AntPool on June 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM UTC, 4 min 28 s after block 954,684. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,326 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 954,685 is number 1,118 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 898 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,315 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 185 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,417 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.