About block 957,596
Bitcoin block 957,596 was mined by OCEAN on July 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM UTC, 17 min 39 s after block 957,595. 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 3,243 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 957,596 is number 2,013 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 474; 3 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 957,599. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,404 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,857 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.