About block 954,979
Bitcoin block 954,979 was mined by ViaBTC on June 23, 2026 at 8:42 AM UTC, 18 min 11 s after block 954,978. 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 4,690 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0374 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1624 BTC for this block.
Block 954,979 is number 1,412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,021 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,107 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.