About block 954,889
Bitcoin block 954,889 was mined by AntPool on June 22, 2026 at 8:26 PM UTC, 16 min 22 s after block 954,888. 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 3,945 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0324 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1574 BTC for this block.
Block 954,889 is number 1,322 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 694 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,111 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 184 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,201 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.