About block 954,980
Bitcoin block 954,980 was mined by AntPool on June 23, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC, 1 min 25 s after block 954,979. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,011 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 954,980 is number 1,413 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 603 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,020 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 20,106 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.