About block 957,860
Bitcoin block 957,860 was mined by OCEAN on July 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM UTC, 11 min 54 s after block 957,859. 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 2,873 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0329 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1579 BTC for this block.
Block 957,860 is number 261 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 475; 1,755 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 959,615. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 92,140 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 16,453 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.