About block 956,634
Bitcoin block 956,634 was mined by OCEAN on July 4, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC, 3 min 19 s after block 956,633. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,774 transactions in 1.54 MB (89.4% 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 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 956,634 is number 1,051 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 965 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 93,366 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 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18,223 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.