About block 957,459
Bitcoin block 957,459 was mined by OCEAN on July 10, 2026 at 6:09 PM UTC, 3 min 42 s after block 957,458. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,598 transactions in 1.80 MB (99.9% 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 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 957,459 is number 1,876 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 140 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,541 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 17,042 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.