About block 954,973
Bitcoin block 954,973 was mined by SpiderPool on June 23, 2026 at 7:17 AM UTC, 13 min 16 s after block 954,972. 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 4,586 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 954,973 is number 1,406 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 610 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,027 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. SpiderPool found 61 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,113 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.