About block 951,166
Bitcoin block 951,166 was mined by OCEAN on May 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM UTC, 10 min 22 s after block 951,165. 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 3,258 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.7% 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 0.0216 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1466 BTC for this block.
Block 951,166 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 471; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 951,551. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 98,834 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. OCEAN found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 24,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.