About block 954,998
Bitcoin block 954,998 was mined by NiceHash on June 23, 2026 at 12:45 PM UTC, 29 min 21 s after block 954,997. 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 4,462 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0471 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1721 BTC for this block.
Block 954,998 is number 1,431 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 473; 585 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 955,583. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 95,002 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. NiceHash found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 20,087 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.