About block 957,769
Bitcoin block 957,769 was mined by OCEAN on July 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC, 17 min 49 s after block 957,768. 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 2,956 transactions in 1.52 MB (89.3% 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 0.0189 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1439 BTC for this block.
Block 957,769 is number 170 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,846 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,231 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 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16,592 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.