About block 956,153
Bitcoin block 956,153 was mined by OCEAN on July 1, 2026 at 2:16 AM UTC, 43 min 8 s after block 956,152. 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 3,883 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 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, OCEAN earned 3.1721 BTC for this block.
Block 956,153 is number 570 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,446 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,847 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. OCEAN found 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.