About block 954,698
Bitcoin block 954,698 was mined by SpiderPool on June 21, 2026 at 12:21 PM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 954,697. 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 5,238 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 954,698 is number 1,131 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 885 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,302 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. SpiderPool found 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,404 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.