About block 956,163
Bitcoin block 956,163 was mined by OCEAN on July 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 956,162. 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 2,182 transactions in 1.15 MB (71.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 956,163 is number 580 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 1,436 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,837 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 18,722 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.